That very one who would not depart from within the tent—the tent of meeting that was pitched for the purpose of meeting therein, and to which everyone who sought the Lord would go out?
As for what came at the end of this chapter of the Lord's saying to Moses: “You cannot see My face,” and His saying to him as well: “But My face shall not be seen,” this is similar to what came in the Quran and which we have previously mentioned of the Creator’s saying to Moses: “You will not see Me,” in response to Moses' saying: “My Lord, show [Yourself] to me that I may look at You.” Meaning: You will not see Me in My Eternal Essence as I am. Muslim scholars have interpreted the “Face of Allah” in their various commentaries to mean His Essence.
Furthermore, after this, we wonder: What is intended, or what is understood, from His bringing forth the mention of His meeting (liqa'ihi) in several verses of His Mighty Book, and the urging in some of them for those who wish for this fortunate meeting to practice righteous deeds and sincerity of worship to Him, due to His saying, Glory be to Him: “So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord—




