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Is it true that the people of Paradise will not see Allah completely, but will only see His Face?

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Ahl al-Sunnah affirm the vision of Allah by the people of Paradise, but they deny that sights can comprehend Him or encompass Him with knowledge, based on His words: {No vision can comprehend Him, but He comprehends all vision} and {and they do not encompass Him in knowledge}. They also deny knowledge of the كيفيّة (modality/how) of this vision. So, the vision is a reality without comprehension and without كيفيّة, as our Lord's Book states: {Some faces, that Day, will be radiant, looking at their Lord}. The interpretation of this is according to what Allah willed and knows. The meaning is that Allah will be seen, but not comprehended or encompassed, due to the perfection of His greatness and splendor. Comprehension (Idrak) is encompassing a thing, and it is an additional capacity beyond mere vision. The كيفيّة of this vision is unknown because we do not know how a human will see his Lord; rather, this vision will be "as Allah Almighty wills."

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