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The most plausible interpretation of Allah’s coming in one form after another—although it too is an invalid interpretation—is that mentioned by certain scholars of hadith, such as Abū ‘Āsim al-Nabīl and ‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd al-Dārimī. It is reported that Abū ‘Āsim al-Nabīl used to say that this is a change occurring in the eyes of those who see, much as something may appear to a person differently from how it actually is, and he takes that appearance to be reality. ‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd said in his refutation of al-Marīsī: