or facing Him, although we find no such thing in the observable world. Likewise, the Exalted says:

‘If only you could see when they are made to stand before their Lord.’ [al-An‘ām 30]

Thus He affirms that they will stand before Him.”

He said: “What they have stated is mistaken, for, as we have explained, we affirm a veil that does not entail finitude, spatial alignment, or contact, just as we affirm that He can be seen without finitude or spatial alignment.”

The Qādī’s denial here of finitude, contact, and spatial alignment is a matter of well-known dispute. He himself returned to affirming a limit, as previously quoted from him.

The correct understanding is that their statement, “Whatever a veil conceals, the veil must be larger than it,” is unsound, whether the veil prevents something from being seen by another or prevents it from seeing another. A veil, in relation to Allah,