And similar to it is the saying of the Almighty in His Mighty Book:

{And when Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show [Yourself] to me that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in its place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord manifested (tajalla) to the mountain, He rendered it as dust, and Moses fell unconscious.} (Al-A'raf: 143).

This is a statement which indicates, by the interpretation of the People of the Outward (Ahl al-Zahir), that Allah is a fortified Unseen (Ghayb) who cannot be seen at all.

As in the saying of the Almighty in Surah al-Baqarah:

{And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking. Then We awakened you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.} (Al-Baqarah: 55-56).

And it was reported in many places in the Holy Book [the Bible] that whoever sees Allah shall inevitably die. Among these is what was reported in the thirty-third chapter of the Book of Exodus, when Moses requested to see his Lord, saying:

{He said: "Show me Your glory." He said: "I will make all My goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you My name 'The