spreading over whatever ground and walls it reaches.

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Al-Rāzī said:

“Chapter Seven: The Veil

Allah Most High says:

‘No! Indeed, they will be veiled from their Lord that Day.’ (15) [al-Mutaffifīn 15]

They said: A veil is conceivable only in relation to bodies. They also adduced numerous reports.

The first report is what the author of Sharh al-Sunnah narrated in the chapter on refuting the Jahmiyyah, from Abū Mūsā, who said: ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood among us and delivered five statements, saying: “Allah does not sleep, nor does it befit Him to sleep. Rather, He lowers the balance and raises it. The deeds of the night are raised to Him before the deeds of