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Do the "things seen" by which Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen described the attribute of Allah's sight, include the very essence of Allah, the Exalted?

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Allah Almighty sees Himself and everything, and nothing is hidden from Him, as stated by Al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyyah. Ibn Taymiyyah deduced this by arguing that since a created being can see what is behind it, the Creator is all the more capable of seeing Himself.

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