"Whoever claims that Muhammad saw his Lord has lied, for Allah says: 'Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision.' (1)

7736 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab ibn al-Harith al-Tamimi narrated to us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah narrated to us from Abu Rawq from 'Atiyah al-'Awfi from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, regarding His saying: 'Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision,' he said: 'If the jinn, mankind, demons, and angels—from the time they were created until they perish—were to line up in a single row, they would never encompass Allah.'

7737 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad ibn Talhah al-Qannad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us from Simak from 'Ikrimah that it was said to him: 'Vision perceives Him not,' he said: 'Do you not see the sky?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Do you see all of it?'

Second Perspective:

7738 - Yazid ibn Sinan al-Basri, a resident of Egypt, narrated to us, Yazid ibn Abi Hakim al-'Adani narrated to us, al-Hakam ibn Aban narrated to us, he said: I heard 'Ikrimah say: I heard Ibn 'Abbas say: 'Muhammad saw his Lord, Blessed and Exalted.' I said to him: 'Does Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, not say in His Book: "Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision"?' He said to me: 'Woe to you! That is His light; when He reveals Himself with His light, nothing can perceive Him.' (2)

Third Perspective:

7739 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, 'Amr ibn 'Ali narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, he said: I heard Abu al-Husayn—meaning Yahya ibn al-Husayn, the reciter of the people of Makkah—say: 'Vision perceives Him not,' he said: 'The visions are the intellects.' (3)

Fourth Perspective:

7740 - Muhammad ibn Muslim mentioned, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi narrated to us, Yahya ibn Ma'in narrated to us, he said: I heard Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah say regarding the saying of the Most High: 'Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision,' he said: 'This is in the world.'"