al-Hadramī, who said: Jumhūr ibn Mansūr narrated to us; Ismā‘īl ibn Mujālid narrated to us; Mujālid narrated to us, from al-Sha‘bī, that ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Abbās used to say, ‘Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—saw his Lord twice: once with his eyes and once with his heart,’ citing His words:

‘The sight did not swerve, nor did it transgress.’ (17) [al-Najm 17]

‘The heart did not lie about what it saw.’ (11) [al-Najm 11]

Ka‘b the scholar heard what Ibn ‘Abbās had said and declared, ‘I testify that the Torah states that Allah apportioned seeing Him and speaking with Him between Moses and Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Muhammad saw Him twice but did not speak with Him, while Moses spoke with Him twice but did not see Him.’

Ibn ‘Abbās used to say, ‘The vision mentioned in “When the sun is wrapped up” (1) [al-Takwīr 1] refers only to Gabriel. Muhammad saw him just as he had seen him in the form he has with Allah, filling the horizon.’

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