been led astray by devils on earth, bewildered. He then began, as he supposed, to argue for denying what the Lord had described and named concerning Himself, saying: “If He has such-and-such, He must also have such-and-such.” Thus, the obscure blinded him to the clear: he denied what the Lord had named concerning Himself because the Lord had remained silent about attributes He had not named. Satan continued to lead him on until he denied the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:

“Faces on that Day will be radiant {22}, looking at their Lord {23}.”

[al-Qiyāmah 22–23]

He said: “No one will see Him on the Day of Resurrection.” By Allah, he thereby denied the greatest honor Allah will bestow upon His righteous servants on the Day of Resurrection: gazing upon His Face, and Allah looking upon them, in a seat of honor with an All-Powerful Sovereign. He has decreed that they will not die, and gazing upon Him makes them radiant.

Further on, he said: He denied seeing Him on the Day of Resurrection only to establish the argument