The twenty-third argument: This assigns the wording a meaning that the language cannot bear in any way. It alters the language, just as it alters and distorts the Quran.

The twenty-fourth argument: The wording of the hadith explicitly describes a veil that prevents seeing Him, as in the Prophet’s words, peace and blessings be upon him:

“He will then remove the veil, and they will look upon Him. Nothing He has given them will be dearer to them than looking upon Him.”

This is the “increase.” In another narration: “He will then reveal Himself to them.” It is not permissible to interpret “looking” here as beneficence, because he says, “Nothing He has given them will be dearer to them than looking upon Him,” and because coupling the removal of the veil with looking explicitly indicates seeing Him. Likewise, the statement:

“Nothing stands between people and their looking upon their Lord except the robe of majesty upon His Face in the Garden of Eden.”

This explicitly describes a veil that prevents looking upon Him, not beneficence.

The twenty-fifth argument: His statement:

“His veil is light—or fire. Were He to remove it, the splendors of His Face would burn whatever His sight encompasses of His creation.”

Light and fire are not specifically associated with preventing beneficence. And that veil