applies only to that.

Fifth, the hadith of Umm al-Tufayl explicitly states that the form was that of the One seen, for it says: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) mention that he had seen his Lord in the form of a young man with a full head of hair, his feet in green, wearing two sandals of gold, with a covering of gold over his face.”

Sixth, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) did not simply say, “I saw my Lord in the most beautiful form,” and leave it at that. Rather, he said this only together with words clarifying the nature of the vision, as shown by the versions of the hadith cited earlier. Thus, what al-Mu’assis and those whose books he drew upon, such as Ibn Fūrak, have cited, presenting it as a standalone hadith in which the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “I saw my Lord in the most beautiful