Intermediate
Monotheism
Surah: Al-Anam (103)
Vision Cannot Perceive Him but He Perceives All Vision — Allah Sees Everything Even What Is Hidden
لَّا تُدۡرِكُهُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدۡرِكُ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرَ
— الأنعام الآية 103
Verse: "Vision cannot perceive Him, but He perceives all vision, and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted." (6:103) — "Cannot perceive" with certainty = absolute impossibility in this world. As for the hereafter: "Faces that day will be radiant, looking at their Lord" — the vision there is possible: a honour for believers. "He perceives all vision" = He sees every moment of every person life. "Subtle, Acquainted" = two names confirming the meaning: subtle in encompassing, acquainted with every secret. Lesson: when you are alone know that He perceives your vision — solitude is not absence from divine witness.
Source: Ibn Kathir (3/287); Al-Sadi
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Does the verse deny seeing Allah absolutely? How is it reconciled with verses about seeing Him in the hereafter?
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