And it is reported that when ‘Ā’ishah heard that Ka‘b had said that Muhammad had seen his Lord, she rejected this and said: ‘There are three things: whoever tells you any of them has lied. Whoever tells you that Muhammad saw his Lord has uttered a monstrous falsehood against Allah. Allah, Most High, says: “No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision” [al-An‘ām 103].’”

He said: “Something similar is reported from Ibn ‘Abbās.”

Then, in response to this, he said:

“We do not concede that visual apprehension means seeing itself. To explain: apprehension is not literally a term for seeing at all; rather, it is used figuratively for seeing something bounded. This being so, the verse here does not entail a denial that He is seen. Our reason for saying that