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Surah An-Najam 53: - (The Star)
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Most Merciful
“When the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it..." [53:16]
“The eye neither went wrong, nor did exceed the limit…” [53:17]
COMMENTARY: The Question of the Beatific Vision of the Creator - All of the Companions, their immediate followers and overwhelming majority of the Ummah concur that the inmates of Paradise and the believers in general will see Allah. Authentic Traditions bear ample testimony to this fact and verity. They indicate that the Vision and Witnessing of Allah is not impossible. However, human sight cannot bear to see Him in this mundane world, because the capacity of the eyes is not powerful enough. Thus, nobody can see Allah in this world.
Regarding the Hereafter, the Noble Qur'an says "You were heedless of this. Now We have removed your veil from you; so your sight today is sharp." [50:22]
The Venerable Imam Malik (RA) says that it is not possible for any human being to see Allah in this world, because his sight is perishable, and Allah is Eternal. In the Hereafter, man will be given non-perishable sight, as a result nothing will prevent it from the seeing Allah. A narration recorded in the Hadith book, ‘Muslim’ in the following words makes the point explicit: "And know that you shall never see your Lord, until you die" (Fath-ul-Ban: vol Sip. 493)
This indicates the possibility that if the Noble Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) is equipped with extraordinarily powerful faculty of sight, he should be able to see Allah in this world too on a special occasion. But on the Night of Ascension he was called in the most distinguishable manner from this world to see and witness the heavens, Paradise and Hell, and other great Signs of Allah and manifestation of His power. On this occasion, the Vision of Allah is an exception to the general rule, because he is out of the mundane world. The possibility of the Vision of Allah has thus been confirmed and verified.
~ MA'AARIFUL QUR'AAN ~
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