describe its beauty.” Allah is far greater than anyone could describe His form. He, glorified be He, has described Himself to His servants to the extent that their understanding can bear. It is well known that knowing Paradise through descriptions is easier for them. Yet He has said: “I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has imagined.” All the more, then, are they unable to comprehend all the attributes of the Creator.

The third point is that the hadith of Abū Sa‘īd states: “They will raise their heads, and He will have changed into the form in which they saw Him the first time.” Thus, his statement, “He does not change from one form to another; rather, it is made to appear so to their eyes,”