For example...

For example, when Imām ‘Alī ( ‘a ) was asked whether he has seen God, he replied, “How can I worship God whom I have not seen?” Then, in explaining what he meant by seeing, the Imām ( ‘a ) said: لاتُدْرِكُهُ العُيونُ بِمُشاهَدَةِ الْعِيانِ، وَلَكِنْ تُدْرِكُهُ القُلوبُ بِحَقائِقِ الإيمانِ.

That is to say that He cannot be comprehended by the eyes by seeing Him but through the hearts by the truths of faith.[^5] The Proofs of Impossibility of Physically Seeing God To support their claim, those who believe in the impossibility of physically seeing God have cited rational and textual proofs, some of which are as follows: First proof: Seeing with the eyes is only possible under the following conditions: The visible ( mar’ī ) must be a corporeal being.

The visible being must be at a particular place in front of the seer. There must be a specific spatial distance between the visible being and the seer. There must…

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