statements that include falsehood—such as the claim that He is seen with the eyes in the streets—and truth—such as the claim that He is seen in dreams. For this reason, some reconciled the statements of ʿĀ’ishah and Ibn ʿAbbās, as Razīn ibn Muʿāwiyah mentioned in his Quran commentary. He said:

“As for the disagreement concerning the vision reported from ʿĀ’ishah and Ibn ʿAbbās, the confusion in certain versions of their reports arose from their use of unqualified wording. People therefore thought that the two disagreed, although they would not have disagreed over so momentous a fundamental principle of religion. Other transmitters, however, reported their statements with qualifying wording, which removed the difficulty: qualified wording clarifies what is otherwise left unspecified. Thus, in some narrations, Ibn ʿAbbās is reported to have said, ‘He saw his Lord with his heart.’ This explains his unqualified statement, ‘He saw Him.’”

He said, “It has also been reported that ʿĀ’ishah said, ‘O people of Iraq, you make statements that contradict the Book of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and you claim that Muhammad