Allah said that when Musa came for His appointment and spoke to Him directly,
he asked to see Him,
[رَبِّ أَرِنِى
أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَانِى]
("O my Lord! Show me (Yourself), that I may look upon You.'' Allah said: "You
cannot see Me,'') `You cannot' (Lan) by no means indicates that seeing Allah
will never occur, as (the misguided sect of) Al-Mu`tazilah claimed. The Hadiths
of Mutawatir grade narrated from the Messenger of Allah, affirm that the
believers will see Allah in the Hereafter. We will mention these Hadiths under
the explanation of Allah's statement,
[وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
نَّاضِرَةٌ - إِلَى رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ]
(Some faces that Day shall be radiant. Looking at their Lord.) [75:22-23] In
earlier Scriptures, it was reported that Allah said to Musa, "O Musa! No living
soul sees Me, but will perish, and no solid but will be demolished.'' Allah said
here,
[فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى
رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ موسَى صَعِقًا]
(So when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He made it collapse to dust, and
Musa fell down unconscious.) In his Musnad Imam Ahmad recorded from Anas bin
Malik that the Prophet said about Allah's saying;
[فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى
رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ]
(And when his Lord appeared to the mountain, )
«هكذا»
(Like this) then he held out the tip of his little finger. At-Tirmidhi
recorded this in the chapter of Tafsir for this Ayah, then he said; "This Hadith
is Hasan Sahih Gharib.'' This was also recorded by Al-Hakim in his Mustadrak
through the route of Hamad bin Salamah, and he said; "This Hadith is Sahih
according to the criteria of Muslim and they did not record it.'' And As-Suddi
reported that `Ikrimah reported from Ibn `Abbas about Allah's saying,
[فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّى
رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ]
(And when his Lord appeared to the mountain,) Only the extent of the little
finger appeared from Him,
[جَعَلَهُ
دَكًّا]
(He made it collapse) as dust;
[وَخَرَّ موسَى
صَعِقًا]
(And Musa fell down unconscious) fainting from it. Ibn Jarir recorded these
because of the relation to the word Al-Ghashi.
[فَلَمَّآ
أَفَاقَ]
(Then when he (Musa) recovered his senses) after he lost consciousness,
[قَالَ
سُبْحَـنَكَ]
(he said: "Glory be to You,'') thus, praising, glorifying and honoring Allah
since no living soul could see Him in this life and remain alive. Musa'
statement,
[تُبْتُ
إِلَيْكَ]
("I turn to You in repentance'') means, according to Mujahid, that from
asking you to look at you,
[وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ]
("and I am the first of the believers.''), among the Children of Israel,
according to Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, and Ibn Jarir preferred this view. Or,
according to another narration from Ibn `Abbas, the meaning of,
[وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ
الْمُؤْمِنِينَ]
("and I am the first of the believers.''), is that `none shall see You (in
this life).' Allah said,
[وَخَرَّ موسَى
صَعِقًا]
(And Musa fell down unconscious.) Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah
narrated a Hadith from the Prophet that is suitable to mention here. As for the
Hadith from Abu Sa`id, Al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih that he said: A Jew came
to the Prophet after his face was smacked, and said, "O Muhammad! One of your
companions from Al-Ansar smacked me on the face.'' The Prophet said,
«ادْعُوه»
(Summon him) and he was summoned. The Prophet asked him,
«لِمَ لَطَمْتَ
وَجْهَهُ؟»
(Why did you smack his face) He said, "O Allah's Messenger! I passed by that
Jew and heard him swearing, `No, by He Who has chosen Musa over mankind!' I
said, `Over Muhammad too', and I became angry and struck his face.'' The Prophet
said,
«لَا تُخَيِّرُونِي
مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُفِيقُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُوسَى آخِذٌ بِقَائِمَةٍ مِنْ
قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ، فَلَا أَدْرِي أَفَاقَ قَبْلِي أَمْ جُوزِيَ بِصَعْقَةِ
الطُّور»
(Do not prefer me above the Prophets. Verily, on the Day of Resurrection,
people will be struck unconscious, and I (feel that I) am the first to wake up.
Thereupon I will find that Musa is holding onto a pillar of the Throne (`Arsh of
Allah). I will not know if he woke up before me or he received his due (because
of his) unconsciousness on (Mount) At-Tur.) Al-Bukhari recorded this Hadith in
many locations of his Sahih, as did Muslim and Abu Dawud. As for the Hadith from
Abu Hurayrah, Imam Ahmad and the Two Shaykhs (Al-Bukhari and Muslim) collected
his narration.
[قَالَ يَمُوسَى
إِنْى اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَـلَـتِي وَبِكَلَـمِي فَخُذْ مَآ
ءاتَيْتُكَ وَكُنْ مِّنَ الشَّـكِرِينَ - وَكَتَبْنَا لَهُ فِى الاٌّلْوَاحِ مِن
كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مَّوْعِظَةً وَتَفْصِيلاً لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ فَخُذْهَا بِقُوَّةٍ
وَأْمُرْ قَوْمَكَ يَأْخُذُواْ بِأَحْسَنِهَا سَأُوْرِيكُمْ دَارَ الْفَـسِقِينَ
]
(144. (Allah) said: "O Musa I have chosen you above men by My Messages, and
by My speaking (to you). So hold that which I have given you and be of the
grateful.'') (145. And We wrote for him on the Tablets the exhortation all
things and the explanation for all things (and said): Hold unto these with
firmness, and enjoin your people to take the better therein. I shall show you
the home of the rebellious.)
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