things. Thus, requiring a condition for seeing one kind within a genus does not entail requiring that same condition for seeing another kind within that genus.

“Third, we concede that it is impossible for us to see Allah Most High. But this does not show that He does not see Himself, or that He is not, in Himself, visible. It should not be said, ‘No one in the Muslim community has held that He can be visible while it is impossible for us to see Him, so this view is rejected by consensus.’ For we say: We do not concede that no one in the Muslim community has held this view, since writers on doctrinal positions have reported it from a number of people.”

In his earlier discussion of Allah’s being All-Hearing and All-Seeing, he had advanced