How does Allah look?

Answer 1

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You never be able to see Allah in this life with your owneyes. However, you see Allah in His creations, in the mercy and love He created among His creatures, in the support that you get from Him when you feel desperate, in feeling happy when you offer charity or help the helpless, and when you are close to Him during praying or reciting His holy book.

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Answer

Praise be to Allaah.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, All-Seer." [al-Shoora 42:11].

There is nothing like unto Him, nothing that is equal or comparable to Him or that can rival Him. He is far above any resemblance to any created being. Whatever crosses the mind of the son of Adam with regard to his Lord, He is greater than that. No creature can encompass Him, may He be glorified and exalted, or imagine what He looks like. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

"… and they will never encompass anything of His

Knowledge." [Ta-Ha 20:110]

The Muslim is not supposed to try to imagine or picture Allaah; rather, he has to believe in the sublime attributes which befit His Might and Majesty in which there is none like unto Him. Part of the 'aqeedah (basic beliefs, creed) of the Muslims is that Allaah cannot be seen in this world, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):

"No vision can grasp Him" [al-An'aam 6:103]

But the believers will see Him in the Hereafter, in the gathering-place where judgment will be passed, and in Paradise. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked - as it was reported in Saheeh Muslim - "Did you see your Lord?" He said, "I saw Light." According to another report: "Light, how could I see Him?" This is in accordance with what Allaah said to Moosa in Soorat al-A'raaf (interpretation of the meaning):

" 'You cannot see Me'" i.e., in this world.

Neither the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) nor anybody else has seen Allaah with his own two eyes. In the Hereafter, when the people see Him in the place of gathering, they will fall down in prostration before His Might and Majesty. Seeing Him in Paradise will be the greatest of all the joys that the people of Paradise will experience.

You have to recognize Allaah by the Names and Attributes which He has told us about in His Book, and which His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told us about. Do not occupy yourself with something that is beyond you; devote yourself instead to doing what your Lord has commanded you to do. Put aside these whispers from the Shaytaan, and may Allaah help you to do that which pleases Him.

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Belivers will see Allah in Paradise.

In the Hereafter Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ before and after they enter Paradise. (Nuhbat-ul-La'âlî)

Ahl as-Sunnat scholars declare unanimously that Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ, but disbelievers will not see Him in Hell. There is consensus on that Allahu ta'âlâ will be seen in the Hereafter. Those who disbelieve it argue that:

"There are five conditions to be met for being able to see something: (1) the seen must be in a place; (2) it must be opposite the one who sees it; (3) it must not be too close or too distant; (4) the rays coming out the eyes must reach the seen; (5) it is also a condition that there should be light between the seen and the seer. These conditions, however, cannot be a matter of discussion for Allah, so it is impossible to see Him."

These conditions are worldly restrictions. The affairs of the next world, however, are nothing like the worldly affairs. A blind person who is in the western part of the world can see an ant that is in the eastern part of the world by Allahu ta'âlâ's omnipotence. One must not doubt His omnipotence.

Furthermore, there is not an Islamic scholar who says that He will be seen as an object or with delimitation within any given limit.

Hadrat 'Abdulhaqq-i Dahlawî says:

"As Allahu ta'âlâ is known in the world in an incomprehensible manner, so He will be seen in the Hereafter in an incomprehensible manner" (Takmîl-ul-Îmân).

Also, Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî says:

"In Paradise Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ without a direction, without a mode, without likening Him to anything, and without finding any reminiscence in Him" (Vol. I, Letter 266).

It is wrong to assume that the blessings of Paradise are only for the body. Once a soul starts making progress in the world, it will carry on its progress even after it leaves the body and also until the Day of Judgement. In Paradise the body will be reconstructed so as to lead an eternal life and will be different from the one on earth. Life after death will start with the reunion of that exalted soul and that physical body modified for eternity. In Paradise the body and the soul will have very different blessings and pleasures. People with loftier spiritual acumen will give priority to the pleasures of the soul in Paradise as well. The pleasures of the soul will be much more different and much more than the enjoyments of the body. Seeing Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Jamâl (Beauty) will be the ultimate and sweetest pleasure for the soul.

Relishing the pleasures in Paradise does not necessarily require having undergone troubles beforehand because the construction of the body in Paradise will not be like the construction of the earthly physical body. The earthly body is created with a construction which is good for a temporary life. It can last approximately one hundred years. The body we will have in Paradise will have a construction which will last forever. The similarity between the two is like the similarity of a person to his or her reflection in the mirror. The human mind cannot visualize the creatures in the Hereafter. The mind can comprehend only the things which it perceives through the sensory organs and can visualize only things which are similar to them. It would be tragically misleading to pass judgment on the pleasures and flavors of Paradise, which we do not know at all, by comparing them to worldly pleasures, which are what we know in the name of enjoyment. It is null and void to draw analogy for the unknown from the known.

It is possible (jâiz) to see Allahu ta'âlâ with the eyes of the head in this world, but no one ever has. During the Mi'râj (The Prophet's ascension from Jerusalem to the heavens), our master the Prophet went into the next world and saw Him in the next world.

At the gathering place (mahshar) on the Day of Judgement, Allahu ta'âlâ will be seen by disbelievers in His Wrath and Glory, that is, as a Punisher, and by pious Muslims in His Kindness and Beauty, that is, as a great blessing and pleasure. In Paradise He will be seen in His attribute of Jamâl (Beauty).

The Holy Qur'an declares clearly that in the Hereafter Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ before and after they enter Paradise:

(Faces shining brightly [Believers] on the Day of Resurrection will look at their Rabb.) [Sûrat-ul-Qiyâmah, 22-23]

The purport of a well-known hadîth-i sharîf is as follows:

On a fourteenth night (of the lunar month), our master the Prophet looked at the full moon and said:

(As you see that moon in the sky clearly, you [Believers] will see your Rabb in such a clear manner [in Paradise].) [Bukhârî, Muslim, Ibni Mâja, Tirmudhî, Abû Dawud, Nasâî, Imâm-i Ahmad, Ibni Huzayma, Ibni Hibbân]

Our master Rasûlullah explained the phrase "even more than it" that appears in the 26th verse of Yûnus Sûra, which purports as follows, "For those who do good deeds is Husnâ[Paradise] and even more than it" as ru'yat(seeing Allahu ta'âlâ) and stated, "You will see your Rabb clearly on the Day of Judgement as you see the full moon"(Bukhârî).

Disbelievers will be deprived of the blessing of seeing Allah in His attribute of Jamâl. The purport of an âyah(Qur'anic verse) is as follows:

(They [disbelievers] will be deprived of seeing their Rabb [in His attribute of Jamâl] on that Day.)[Sûrat-ul-Mutaffifîn, 15]

Seeing Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Jamâl is a great favor, which is superior to all favors in Paradise. Disbelievers will be debarred from this great favor because they will not enter Paradise. Disbelievers will see Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Wrath. But this seeing will not be a favor, but a great torment.

Such great scholars as Imâm-i Shâfi'î and Imâm-i Mâlik, who were madhhab owners, said, "This âyah is proof that Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Jamâl. If the case were otherwise, it would not have been said, "Disbelievers will not be able to see." It is not said "no one" but said "Disbelievers will not be able to see." (Hazin)

The 143rd verse of A'râf Sûra reveals that Mûsâ 'alaihis-salâm wanted to see Allahu ta'âlâ. This is also another proof that Allahu ta'âlâ will be seen, for it would be out of place, even ignorance, for a prophet to request something impossible from Allahu ta'âlâ. It is contrary to prophethood not to know proper and improper things about Allahu ta'âlâ.

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî states:

"Ahl as-Sunnah scholars declared unanimously that Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world" (Vol. I, Letter 283).

Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlid-i Baghdâdî states:

"A person who says that he or she has seen Allahu ta'âlâ in this world is a zindîq. The observation of awliyâ' through the eyes of their hearts is not ru'yat but shuhûd" (I'tiqâd-namâ).

Also, Hadrat Imâm-i Ghazâlî says, "It is not possible to see Allahu ta'âlâ in the world" (Ihyâ).

Since it is impossible to see Allahu ta'âlâ in the world, Hadrat Âisha said, "He who says that the Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ has told a lie" (Bukhârî).

Some exalted scholars, such as Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî, Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlîd-i Baghdâdî, and Hadrat Sayyid 'Abdulqâdir-i Ghaylânî, said that our master the Prophet saw Allahu ta'âlâ during the Mi'râj but this seeing was not a worldly seeing but a seeing that took place in the next world.

Sayyid 'Abdulqâdir-i Ghaylânî, who was a mujtahid scholar in fiqh and hadîth branches and who was one of the greatest of awliyâ', stated:

"We believe that the Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ with the eyes of the head on the Mi'râj Night and that this seeing was not through his heart or in his dream. For Jâbir bin 'Abdullah reported that our master the Prophet said, 'I certainly saw my Rabb' and 'I saw my Rabb at Sidratu-l-Muntahâ. It was such that His nûr became manifest for me,' concerning the 13th and 14th verses of Najm Sûra, which reads (in English), "Verily, he had previously seen Him yet another time near Sidratu'l-Muntahâ."

Hadrat Ibni Abbas expresses in the tafsîr of Isrâ Sûra that Allahu ta'âlâ showed Himself to His beloved [Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm] on the Mi'râj Night. He further states: "The Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ with worldly eyes twice on the Mi'râj Night. Hullat was for Hadrat Ibrâhîm; kalâm, for Mûsâ 'alaihis-salâm; and ru'yat, for Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm" (Gunya).

[Hullat means friendship; kalâm, speaking; ru'yat, seeing with the eyes of the head.]

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî writes the following:

On the Mi'râj Night, that Sarwar [Master of Prophets, Best of Humankind] saw his Rabb not in this world but in the next world because that Sarwar transcended the usual limits of time and place on that night. He found eternity in the past and eternity in the future as a moment. He saw the beginning and the end as a dot. He saw on that night those people who are to enter Paradise thousands of years later in the state that they entered and were living in Paradise. Look! Seeing in that grade is not like seeing in the world. It is a seeing taking place in the next world. To say, "He saw Him in the world," is a metaphoric expression. Because he went there from this world and saw Him and came back to this world again, it was described as "He saw Him in the world." (Vol. I, Letter 283)

Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world. If this blessing were attainable in this world, Hadrat Mûsâ would have seen Him before anybody else. Our master the Prophet was honored with this good luck during the Mi'râj. Yet it did not happen in this world. He went into Paradise. He saw Him there. That is, he saw Him in the Hereafter. While being in the world, he went out of the world, went into the next world, and saw Him. (Vol. III, Letter 17)

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî explains the 17th verse of Najm Sûra, which purports, "His eyes did not swerve, nor did they exceed the limit," as "On the Mi'râj Night, he never took his eyes off Allahu ta'âlâ." And he also declares that he saw Allahu ta'âlâ in the next world with worldly eyes. (Vol. I, Letter 129)

Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlîd-i Baghdâdî says:

"The Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ during the Mi'râj. But this seeing was not like seeing in the world" (I'tiqâd-nâma).

Answer 2

you can't see God because you are imperfect, and you are not a spirit being. He's a spirit being. but you can see his qualities in the things he created. the sky, earth, trees water, you, yourself is an example of his qualities.

Answer 3

You never be able to see Allah in this life with your eyes. However, you see Allah in His creations, in the mercy and love He created among His creatures, in the support that you get from Him when you feel desperate, in feeling happy when you offer charity or help the helpless, and when you are close to Him during praying or reciting His holy book.

Quran says about the prophet Moses (PBUH) when he requested Allah to see him but Allah told him that he can't see Allah:

وَلَمَّا جَاءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَاتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِي أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِي وَلَـٰكِنِ انظُرْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ اسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُ فَسَوْفَ تَرَانِي ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا ۚ فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿١٤٣﴾

Meaning English translation:

{ And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers." (143)} [Quran, chapter 7, verse 143]

Allah says in Quran:

{No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision...}

[Quran, chapter 6, verse 103]

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answer:

It is possible (jâiz) to see Allahu ta'âlâ with the eyes of the head in this world, but no one ever has. During the Mi'râj (The Prophet's ascension from Jerusalem to the heavens), our master the Prophet went into the next world and saw Him in the next world.

At the gathering place (mahshar) on the Day of Judgement, Allahu ta'âlâ will be seen by disbelievers in His Wrath and Glory, that is, as a Punisher, and by pious Muslims in His Kindness and Beauty, that is, as a great blessing and pleasure. In Paradise He will be seen in His attribute of Jamâl (Beauty).

The Holy Qur'an declares clearly that in the Hereafter Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ before and after they enter Paradise:

(Faces shining brightly [Believers] on the Day of Resurrection will look at their Rabb.) [Sûrat-ul-Qiyâmah, 22-23]

The purport of a well-known hadîth-i sharîf is as follows:

On a fourteenth night (of the lunar month), our master the Prophet looked at the full moon and said:

(As you see that moon in the sky clearly, you [Believers] will see your Rabb in such a clear manner [in Paradise].) [Bukhârî, Muslim, Ibni Mâja, Tirmudhî, Abû Dawud, Nasâî, Imâm-i Ahmad, Ibni Huzayma, Ibni Hibbân]

Our master Rasûlullah explained the phrase "even more than it" that appears in the 26th verse of Yûnus Sûra, which purports as follows, "For those who do good deeds is Husnâ[Paradise] and even more than it" as ru'yat(seeing Allahu ta'âlâ) and stated, "You will see your Rabb clearly on the Day of Judgement as you see the full moon"(Bukhârî).

Disbelievers will be deprived of the blessing of seeing Allah in His attribute of Jamâl. The purport of an âyah(Qur'anic verse) is as follows:

(They [disbelievers] will be deprived of seeing their Rabb [in His attribute of Jamâl] on that Day.)[Sûrat-ul-Mutaffifîn, 15]

Seeing Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Jamâl is a great favor, which is superior to all favors in Paradise. Disbelievers will be debarred from this great favor because they will not enter Paradise. Disbelievers will see Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Wrath. But this seeing will not be a favor, but a great torment.

Such great scholars as Imâm-i Shâfi'î and Imâm-i Mâlik, who were madhhab owners, said, "This âyah is proof that Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ in His attribute of Jamâl. If the case were otherwise, it would not have been said, "Disbelievers will not be able to see." It is not said "no one" but said "Disbelievers will not be able to see." (Hazin)

The 143rd verse of A'râf Sûra reveals that Mûsâ 'alaihis-salâm wanted to see Allahu ta'âlâ. This is also another proof that Allahu ta'âlâ will be seen, for it would be out of place, even ignorance, for a prophet to request something impossible from Allahu ta'âlâ. It is contrary to prophethood not to know proper and improper things about Allahu ta'âlâ.

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî states:

"Ahl as-Sunnah scholars declared unanimously that Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world" (Vol. I, Letter 283).

Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlid-i Baghdâdî states:

"A person who says that he or she has seen Allahu ta'âlâ in this world is a zindîq. The observation of awliyâ' through the eyes of their hearts is not ru'yat but shuhûd" (I'tiqâd-namâ).

Also, Hadrat Imâm-i Ghazâlî says, "It is not possible to see Allahu ta'âlâ in the world" (Ihyâ).

Since it is impossible to see Allahu ta'âlâ in the world, Hadrat Âisha said, "He who says that the Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ has told a lie" (Bukhârî).

Some exalted scholars, such as Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî, Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlîd-i Baghdâdî, and Hadrat Sayyid 'Abdulqâdir-i Ghaylânî, said that our master the Prophet saw Allahu ta'âlâ during the Mi'râj but this seeing was not a worldly seeing but a seeing that took place in the next world.

Sayyid 'Abdulqâdir-i Ghaylânî, who was a mujtahid scholar in fiqh and hadîth branches and who was one of the greatest of awliyâ', stated:

"We believe that the Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ with the eyes of the head on the Mi'râj Night and that this seeing was not through his heart or in his dream. For Jâbir bin 'Abdullah reported that our master the Prophet said, 'I certainly saw my Rabb' and 'I saw my Rabb at Sidratu-l-Muntahâ. It was such that His nûr became manifest for me,' concerning the 13th and 14th verses of Najm Sûra, which reads (in English), "Verily, he had previously seen Him yet another time near Sidratu'l-Muntahâ."

Hadrat Ibni Abbas expresses in the tafsîr of Isrâ Sûra that Allahu ta'âlâ showed Himself to His beloved [Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm] on the Mi'râj Night. He further states: "The Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ with worldly eyes twice on the Mi'râj Night. Hullat was for Hadrat Ibrâhîm; kalâm, for Mûsâ 'alaihis-salâm; and ru'yat, for Muhammad 'alaihis-salâm" (Gunya).

[Hullat means friendship; kalâm, speaking; ru'yat, seeing with the eyes of the head.]

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî writes the following:

On the Mi'râj Night, that Sarwar [Master of Prophets, Best of Humankind] saw his Rabb not in this world but in the next world because that Sarwar transcended the usual limits of time and place on that night. He found eternity in the past and eternity in the future as a moment. He saw the beginning and the end as a dot. He saw on that night those people who are to enter Paradise thousands of years later in the state that they entered and were living in Paradise. Look! Seeing in that grade is not like seeing in the world. It is a seeing taking place in the next world. To say, "He saw Him in the world," is a metaphoric expression. Because he went there from this world and saw Him and came back to this world again, it was described as "He saw Him in the world." (Vol. I, Letter 283)

Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world. If this blessing were attainable in this world, Hadrat Mûsâ would have seen Him before anybody else. Our master the Prophet was honored with this good luck during the Mi'râj. Yet it did not happen in this world. He went into Paradise. He saw Him there. That is, he saw Him in the Hereafter. While being in the world, he went out of the world, went into the next world, and saw Him. (Vol. III, Letter 17)

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî explains the 17th verse of Najm Sûra, which purports, "His eyes did not swerve, nor did they exceed the limit," as "On the Mi'râj Night, he never took his eyes off Allahu ta'âlâ." And he also declares that he saw Allahu ta'âlâ in the next world with worldly eyes. (Vol. I, Letter 129)

Hadrat Mawlânâ Khâlîd-i Baghdâdî says:

"The Messenger of Allah saw Allahu ta'âlâ during the Mi'râj. But this seeing was not like seeing in the world" (I'tiqâd-nâma).

Answer 4

Muslims don't and cant visually see Allah, but Muslims know the characteristics of Allah for example that he is merciful, gracious etc. Muslims get this from his 99 names and from what is mentioned in the Holy Qura'an.

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Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî states:

"Ahl as-Sunnah scholars declared unanimously that Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world" (Vol. I, Letter 283).

Allahu ta'âlâ cannot be seen in the world. If this blessing were attainable in this world, Hadrat Mûsâ would have seen Him before anybody else. Our master the Prophet was honored with this good luck during the Mi'râj. Yet it did not happen in this world. He went into Paradise. He saw Him there. That is, he saw Him in the Hereafter. While being in the world, he went out of the world, went into the next world, and saw Him. (Vol. III, Letter 17)

Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî says the following when he explains the 103rd verse of the An'âm Sûra:

"Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ in the Hereafter and in Paradise" (Vol. III, Letter 44 and 90).

Also, Hadrat Imâm-i Rabbânî says:

"In Paradise Believers will see Allahu ta'âlâ without a direction, without a mode, without likening Him to anything, and without finding any reminiscence in Him" (Vol. I, Letter 266).

Answer 5

In Islam, Allah or God is an incorporeal god who has no particular shape or appearance. Furthermore, depictions of God are forbidden in Islam and seen as a form of idolatry. As a result, Muslims have no traditional ideas as to what God looks like.

Answer 6

If you enter Jannah (paradise) the greatest moment is seeing Allah,