rahman2040
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CAN WE SEE GOD??
Here are a few references to the question. Hope this will answer
(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).
As you can study above, the Qur’an teaches: Vision comprehends Him not, but
He comprehends all vision
After the Prophet’s ascent to the heavens, peace be upon him, his Companions
asked him if he had seen God. It is reported on the authority of Abu Dharr
that, on one occasion, he answered: He is the Light. How do I see Him? (Sahih
al-Muslim, ‘Iman,’ 291; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 5, 147). And on another occasion,
he answered: I have seen a Light. (Muslim, Iman, 292). These statements
clarify the well-known saying, The light is the limit or veil of God (Muslim,
‘Iman,’ 293; Sunan Ibn Ma’ja, ‘Muqaddima,’ 13; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 4, 13).
Between us and God is the light which He created. All that we see we see by
that light, within that light—the light is the ground and environment and the
limit of our seeing, and that light shields or veils us from God. In fact, we
see but a part of that light of creation, we see but a part of what veils
Him.
Let us consider the matter from another direction. Ibrahim Haqqi says: ‘In
the whole universe of creation there is nothing that is either the like or
the equal or the contrary of God. God is Exalted above all form, in_deed
immune to and free from form.’
It is only because existing things have a like or an equal or a contrary that
we are able to distinguish them and perceive them. We know what is ‘long’
only against what is ‘short’ by comparison or contrast; similarly, we know
‘light’ only against what is ‘dark’. How then should we distinguish or
perceive One who has neither like, nor equal, nor contrary? This is the
meaning of the statement that God is Exalted above form.
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Quran 24:35
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth....
Quran 7:143
.... And when his Lord revealed His glory to the mountain He sent it crashing
down....
(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).
why does Allah say He is light of the heavens and the earth????
and what was it that He showed to the mountain????
as for the verse (6:103) mentioned then it is the vision of this world that
cannot encompass the "light" of Allah....
similarly as the vision and the brain in this world cannot encompass the
physical attributes of Paradise and Hell, but in the hereafter, that vision
will not remain same....
or maybe Allah will show Himself as a light to His people who enter
Paradise....
Allah knows the best....
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http://www.emuslim.com/whoisallah.asp
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CAN WE SEE GOD??
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islamnewsroom.com/answers/66-life
Here are a few references to the question. Hope this will answer
(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).
As you can study above, the Qur’an teaches: Vision comprehends Him not, but
He comprehends all vision
After the Prophet’s ascent to the heavens, peace be upon him, his Companions
asked him if he had seen God. It is reported on the authority of Abu Dharr
that, on one occasion, he answered: He is the Light. How do I see Him? (Sahih
al-Muslim, ‘Iman,’ 291; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 5, 147). And on another occasion,
he answered: I have seen a Light. (Muslim, Iman, 292). These statements
clarify the well-known saying, The light is the limit or veil of God (Muslim,
‘Iman,’ 293; Sunan Ibn Ma’ja, ‘Muqaddima,’ 13; Ibn Hanbal, Musnad, 4, 13).
Between us and God is the light which He created. All that we see we see by
that light, within that light—the light is the ground and environment and the
limit of our seeing, and that light shields or veils us from God. In fact, we
see but a part of that light of creation, we see but a part of what veils
Him.
Let us consider the matter from another direction. Ibrahim Haqqi says: ‘In
the whole universe of creation there is nothing that is either the like or
the equal or the contrary of God. God is Exalted above all form, in_deed
immune to and free from form.’
It is only because existing things have a like or an equal or a contrary that
we are able to distinguish them and perceive them. We know what is ‘long’
only against what is ‘short’ by comparison or contrast; similarly, we know
‘light’ only against what is ‘dark’. How then should we distinguish or
perceive One who has neither like, nor equal, nor contrary? This is the
meaning of the statement that God is Exalted above form.
---------------
Quran 24:35
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth....
Quran 7:143
.... And when his Lord revealed His glory to the mountain He sent it crashing
down....
(al-An’am, 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:
He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things. ).
why does Allah say He is light of the heavens and the earth????
and what was it that He showed to the mountain????
as for the verse (6:103) mentioned then it is the vision of this world that
cannot encompass the "light" of Allah....
similarly as the vision and the brain in this world cannot encompass the
physical attributes of Paradise and Hell, but in the hereafter, that vision
will not remain same....
or maybe Allah will show Himself as a light to His people who enter
Paradise....
Allah knows the best....
---------------
http://www.emuslim.com/whoisallah.asp
http://1islam1.com/
CAN WE SEE GOD??
islamreligion.com/articles/331/
islamnewsroom.com/answers/66-life
is it clearer?