{"id":15078,"date":"2026-03-18T19:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/?p=15078"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:57:30","slug":"seeing-allah-in-the-hereafter-quranic-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/seeing-allah-in-the-hereafter-quranic-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Humans See God in the Hereafter? The Qur’anic Position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I want to ask about the matter of seeing God in the Hereafter. What is the Qur\u2019anic position on this matter? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Answer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Salaam!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for writing to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerning this matter, let me first cite the remarks of Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi from his exegesis (tafs\u012br<\/em>) on Qur’an 75:23, which is often used by some other scholars as evidence of seeing God in the Hereafter. The words in the Qur’an are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0648\u064f\u062c\u064f\u0648\u0652\u0647\u064c \u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0626\u0650\u0630\u064d \u0646\u0651\u064e\u0627\u0636\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064c (\u0662\u0662) \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0651\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u0627\u0638\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064c (\u0662\u0663)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How many a face will be bright on that Day awaiting the graciousness of their Lord.<\/p>\nAm\u012bn A\u1e25san I\u1e63l\u0101\u1e25\u012b, Tadabbur-i Qur’\u0101n<\/em>, vol. 9 (Lahore: F\u0101r\u0101n Foundation, 2009), 77; English translation by Shehzad Saleem, Renaissance<\/em> 26, no. 3 (March 2016).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Explaining it, Islahi writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The words \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u0627\u0638\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064c mean that these people will await the blessings and favours of their Lord. When the preposition \u0627\u0650\u0644\u0670\u06cc is used with \u0646\u064e\u0638\u0650\u0631\u064e just as it means to look at something, it also means to await someone’s blessings and favours. Lexicographers explain this thus: if someone says \u0627\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0638\u064f\u0631\u064f \u0627\u0650\u0644\u064e\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u062b\u064f\u0645\u0651 \u0627\u0650\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0643\u064e to someone from whom he is expecting blessings and favours, it would mean: “I await God’s blessings and after them your favours.” Some people derive man’s observation of God by the verse \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u0627\u0638\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u064c. In my opinion, this verse does not refer to this if its context and occasion are understood. It is, in fact, a verse with an entirely different context and occasion. Similarly, those who oppose man’s observation of God and in frenzy of this opposition alter the meaning of the preposition \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 have erred in their interpretation. My view on this issue is that our belief in God in this world is not based on observation of Him. We believe in Him because certain signs and indications strongly point to His existence; however, in the Hereafter our belief in Him will be based on direct observation, and we will be able to directly witness every reality we profess faith in. As far as the nature of this observation is concerned, we cannot determine it in this world. It is from the category of mutash\u0101bih\u0101t and one is not allowed to delve into the mutash\u0101bih\u0101t<\/em>. Only God, the Almighty knows the nature of this observation.<\/p>\nI\u1e63l\u0101\u1e25\u012b, Tadabbur-i Qur’\u0101n<\/em>, 9:90\u201391; trans. Saleem, Renaissance<\/em> 26, no. 3 (March 2016).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Having understood his position, you may also refer to the following textual and multimedia resources in which Ustadh Javed Ahmad Ghamidi and Ustadh Muhammad Rafi Mufti have explained this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n