Seeing Allah
Allah is not seen in this worldly life. When Prophet Moosa (alaihi salaam)
asked to see Allah in this life, Allah said:
"You cannot see Me" [Quran 7:143]
Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) also said in the hadeeth regarding the Dajjaal:
"..... You will not see your Lord until you die...."
[Thirmidhi]
As for the believers seeing Allah in the Hereafter, then it is
confirmed in the Quran and Sunnah
His saying:
“On that day some faces will be bright, looking at their Lord.”
[Quran 75:22-23]
And in the Hadeeth:
Authority of Abu Hurairah (rali Allahu anhu) that the people said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Shall we see our Lord on the Day of Resurrection?"
The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, "Do you have any difficulty in seeing
the moon on a full moon night?"
They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle". He said, "Do you have any difficulty in
seeing the sun when there are no clouds?"
They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle". He said, "So you will see Him, like that.
(without any difficulty)"
[Saheeh Muslim]
His saying:
"For those who have done good is the best and even more
…" [Quran 10:26].
In the above verse "best reward", means the Paradise and
"even more" means having the honour of seeing Allah as confirmed by
the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
He said: "When the people of Paradise enter in Paradise Allah
will say to them, 'Do you need something more?' They will say, have you not
whitened our faces? Have you not entered us in Paradise and protected us from
Hell? Then Allah will remove the veil. Looking to their Lord will be more
lovely to them than anything else given to them. And then the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
recited this verse: "For those who have done good is the best and even
more …" [Quran 10:26]
[Saheeh Muslim]
Seeing Allah will be a favor that is additional to Paradise on the
Muslims who will dwell therein. As a matter of fact, the joy of seeing Allah
for a believer will be greater than the joys of Paradise combined
together. The unbelievers, on the other
hand, will be deprived of seeing Allah and this will be greater punishment for
them than all the pain and suffering of Hell combined together.
His saying:
Nay! Surely they (disbelievers) will be veiled from their Lord
that Day [Quran 83:15]
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