چکیده:
One of the issues discussed in theology is the ‘beatific vision،’ or seeing God. The Mushibbahah and Mujassimah sects، taking their lead from some Jewish groups، hold that God has a body and hence He can be seen. The AshÝarÐ sect، while they do not believe God to have a material body، surmise that He is visible to the believers during the Resurrection and have gone one to support their claim by putting forward rational and traditional proofs. The MuÝtazili and the Imamiyyah however see the claim of the AshÝarÐ’s to be in conflict with their bases and premises. Imam KhumaynÐ (r) holds that the beatific vision is a possibility، but with the heart and based upon the reality of faith. He was of the belief that true faith in the station of divine unicity (tawÎÐd) and sanctity (or grace، walÁyah) removes the veil impeding the vision، and went on to stress that any knowledge that is not tantamount to faith in and fear of God is the greatest of veils. In line with this، the Imam saw faith to be a divine light that makes the heart to be the locus of divine manifestations and effusions. He also held that there was a link between faith، the practice of good deeds، and the meeting with God، such that if a man were to have faith and do good deeds، he would، by the grace of God and in accordance with his level of faith and measure of deeds، be able to work wonders.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Mystics, based on Quranic teachings, have also acknowledged the vision of God in the sense of meeting Him, while the Imami Shi'a believe in the impossibility of seeing God in this world and the hereafter.
However, the Ahl al-Hadith and Ash'arites, although they consider the vision of God in this world to be impossible, consider it permissible and correct in the hereafter.
Outward vision and sensory looking refer to something being visible to the outward eye, such as seeing bodies, celestial objects, and colors.
254) Meeting God (Liqa' Allah) does not mean the vision of the essence (kawn) of the Exalted Truth; because an infinite knowledge of Him is not possible for anything other than Him (ma swa).
) The Ahl al-Hadith, such as Ahmad ibn Hanbal, also considered vision in this world impossible and said: "Only the believers will see God in the hereafter.
Fakhr al-Razi and even the disbelievers of al-Ash'ari believe: "Vision is not possible in this world, but in the hereafter, believers will observe God.
111) The view of the Imamiye is that the vision of God with the outward eye, in sleep or wakefulness, in this world or the hereafter, is impossible; because vision necessitates that the visible object possesses dimension, direction, place, and time.
The Imami view regarding the transmitted (naqli) proofs of some theologians is that the vision of God with the physical eye, in sleep or wakefulness, in this world or the hereafter, is impossible; because physical vision necessitates that the visible object possesses dimension, direction, place, and time, whereas the Exalted God is transcendent from material attributes; rather, He is the Creator and the Encompassing of them.
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