for it to occur when these conditions obtain, it would be possible for towering mountains to stand before us without our perceiving them. That is impossible, as previously explained in the discussion of perception. Once this is established, these conditions cannot apply to Allah Most High, since they are conceivable only with regard to bodies or what inheres in them. Since these conditions cannot apply to seeing Allah, the mere soundness of the sensory faculty, together with His being such that He can be seen, must suffice for seeing Him to occur. It would therefore follow that all who possess sensory faculties would constantly see Allah Most High. This is self-evidently false. Thus, the claim that Allah Most High can be seen has been shown to entail a falsehood, and whatever entails a falsehood is itself false.

He then said in reply to their first argument: “We say that this objection hinges on the claim that whenever this sensory faculty is sound, the visible object is present, and the conditions are fulfilled, this vision must occur.” He said: “We have already demonstrated that this is not necessary, using arguments