As for the first point, when he mentioned the Muʿtazilites’ scriptural arguments for denying that Allah will be seen, he said:

“These objections are four. The first—and strongest—is to appeal to His words, Most High: ‘No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision.’”

He said:

“Know that they sometimes invoke this verse to argue that He, Most High, is not seen by the eyes, either in this world or in the Hereafter, and sometimes to argue that it is impossible for us to see Him. The first argument depends on establishing four points. The first is that visual apprehension is seeing.”

He said:

“Two considerations support this. First, there is no difference in linguistic usage between saying, ‘I saw so-and-so with my eyes,’ and saying, ‘I apprehended him with my eyes,’ just as there is no difference between saying, ‘I apprehended him with my ears,’ and, ‘I heard him with my ears.’ Second, speakers of the language understood this verse as denying that He is seen. This indicates that the Arabs use visual apprehension to mean seeing.