Qur'an 6:103 No vision can grasp Him, but His grasp is over all vision:He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.
It is the prerogative of some people to mock those theists who worship that which they do not see and cannot fully grasp. To them I would ask, “Is it possible for a human being to know all things?” Even if all 6.8 billion people on earth gather together and ex-changed all the knowledge that they have learned, no one person can grasp all of that material. Even if all those people committed to a computer disc, all the information that they knew, it would be a minute fraction of all things that can be known, whether these things are from the past, present or future. A human being is not capable of knowing all things, but he is equipped with enough reasoning to understand that the creator does not have such a limitation.
Since we cannot fully grasp the truth of all things, it stands to reason that we cannot fully grasp a being who does fully grasp the truth of all things. Can a human being see everything that there is to be seen? ALLAH is also all-seeing. How can your highly limited eyesight view a being that can see everything? Man cannot see planets without a telescope or a cell without a microscope. He cannot look at the sun without harming his eyes. He can’t see inside of himself without an X-ray machine. He can’t see himself without a mirror. How does he think that he can view God, who created the sun, the cells, and who created him. There was a man by the name of Moses (pbuh), who wished to see God. ALLAH presented a glimpse of his glory to a mountain and the mountain crumbled to dust. At the sight of which, Moses (pbuh) fainted. When he regained consciousness, he no longer wanted to see God (7:143). The mountain crumbled to dust because the sight of God is too awesome for his creation. The sun can consume a person millions of miles away from it in seconds. Of far greater brilliance is the light of the one who created the stars and sun. ALLAH is the source of all light. Those who insist upon seeing God are described in the Quran as those “thinking too highly of themselves” (25:21), especially when they are those who cannot even bare the sight and sound of thunder and lightning (4:153). But ALLAH does not deprive man from viewing his illumination, but for an earthly lifetime. Just as you need special equipment to see the planets or things microscopic, you need special equipment to see God, as well. And the sight of ALLAH is the greatest reward one can achieve.
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