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These people’s position amounts to negation: they deny that Allah will be seen.”’ He said: ‘I also heard Abū ‘Abd Allāh say: “The Jahmiyyah say that Allah will not be seen in the Hereafter. We say that Allah will be seen, because Allah Most High says:
‘On that Day, some faces will be radiant {22}, looking at their Lord {23}.’ [al-Qiyāmah 22, 23]
And He said to Moses:
‘If it remains in its place, you will see Me.’ [al-A‘rāf 143]
Thus Allah Most High has stated that He will be seen. The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘You will see your Lord just as you see this moon.’ Jarīr and others narrated this from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). He also said:
القوم يرجعون إلى التعطيل في قولهم ينكرون الرؤية قال وسمعت أبا عبد الله يقول قالت الجهمية إن الله لا يُرى في الآخرة ونحن نقول إن الله يُرى لقول الله تعالى وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَّاضِرَةٌ
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إِلَى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ
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[القيامة ٢٢ , ٢٣]
وقال تعالى لموسى فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي
[الأعراف ١٤٣]
فأخبر الله تعالى أنه يُرى وقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إنكم ترون ربكم كما ترون هذا القمر رواه جرير وغيره عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال