Abū Saʿīd said: “This hadith provides evidence that if He veils Himself from some of them, He does not veil Himself from others.”

As for the second report, which he stated is narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the well-known books—“Allah has seventy veils of light; if He were to remove them, the radiance of His Face would burn everything His sight encompasses”—this hadith is not found in any of the Islamic compilations, let alone in the well-known books. Hadiths and transmitted reports concerning the veils have indeed been narrated, even if they are not in