The Imam and
founder of the Maturidi sect, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (853-944 C.E), clarified
the fact that the Mu’tazilite interpretation of the following Verse is
incorrect:
وُجُوهٌ
يَوْمَئِذٍ نَاضِرَةٌ ﴿٢٢﴾ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ ﴿٢٣﴾
Faces that Day will
be radiant. Looking at their Lord
(75:22-23)
According to the Mu’tazilite
interpretation of this Qur’anic passage, it means that those mentioned in this
Verse with glad-tidings in the Hereafter will be Waiting for the Lord,
not Looking at him. However, Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Rahimahullah)
has refuted this wrong interpretation by saying:
و (إلَى) حرف يستعمل في النظر إلى الشيء لا في الانتظار
And the particle “Ilaa” is used in the sense of looking at something, no
for waiting.
Reference: Kitab-ut-Tawhid; p. 143
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Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian has also affirmed the reality of the Beatific Vision in light of this Verse (75:23). He wrote: إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ اس سے دیدار ثابت ہوتا ہے۔
ReplyDelete(Tiryaq-ul-Qulub; p.148, footnote)