MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara - The Book of Divine Unity Chapter: Negation of any Possibility of Seeing or Imagining God [231/2] اÙÙاÙÙ: ÙعÙÙØ Ø¹Ù Ø£Ø٠د ب٠إسØا٠ÙاÙ: Ùتبت Ø¥Ù٠أب٠اÙØس٠اÙثاÙØ« عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠أسأÙ٠ع٠اÙرؤÙØ© Ù٠ا اختÙÙ ÙÙ٠اÙÙاس ÙÙتب: Ùا تجÙز اÙرؤÙØ© Ù ÙÙ٠بÙ٠اÙرائ٠ÙاÙ٠رئ٠ÙÙاء ÙÙÙذ٠اÙبصر Ùإذا اÙÙطع اÙÙÙاء ع٠اÙرائ٠ÙاÙÙ ØªØµØ Ø§ÙرؤÙØ©Ø ÙÙا٠ÙÙ Ø°Ù٠اÙاشتباÙØ Ùا٠اÙرائ٠٠ا Ù٠اÙرؤÙØ© Ùجب اÙاشتبا٠ÙÙا٠ذÙ٠اÙتشبÙÙ Ùا٠اÙاسباب Ùابد Ù 2.
[2/231] al-Kafi: From him (Ahmad b. Idris) from Ahmad b. Ishaq who said: I wrote to Abi al-Hasan the Third عÙÙ٠اÙسÙا٠asking him about the vision (of God) and the differences of people about that - he wrote: Vision is impossible when there is no air between the viewer and the viewed. Air which the eye can penetrate through. If there is no air between the viewer and the viewed - vision cannot take place. And this (needing air in between) would entail likening (Allah to His creatures).
Because whenever the viewer becomes equivalent with the viewed in terms of sharing the condition necessary for vision between them (to occur) then they would necessarily be alike (in some manner) and that would be anthropomorphism. For causes are necessarily linked to effects. عتبر - Shaykh Asif al-Mohseni (MuÊ¿jam al-AḥÄdÄ«th al-MuÊ¿tabara)