Answer:
1. According to the Quran Shiites believes that it is impossible to see God via the mundane eye.
2. Regarding the verses indicating visiting God in the Day of Judgment, Shiites believe that heart can perceive God through the faith truth.
However, the Baha’i proselytizers claimed: “Shiites believe that God can’t be see; but He can be seen in the Day of Judgment. So, it is contradictory to believe that God isn’t mundane; but He can be seen in the Day of Judgment.” [Telegram proselytizing network of Baha’ism]
Answer:
1. How can Baha’is criticize Shiites while they believe that their forged prophet is God. [refer to Badi’a, p. 154]
2. According to the holy Quran, Shiites believe that it is impossible to observe God by the mundane eye. The holy Quran states:
لا تُدْرِکُهُ الاَبْصار وَ هُوَ یُدْرِکُ الاَبْصار وَ هُوَ اللَّطیفُ الْخَبیرُ (انعام/ 103)
“Vision comprehenth Him not, but He comprehenth (all) vision. He is the Subtle, the Aware.
3. Possibly, the Baha’is mean the following verses:
وُجُوهٌ یَوْمَئِذٍ ناضِرَهٌ
اِلی رَبِّها ناظِرَهٌ
(Qiyamah/ 22-23)
The day will faces be resplendent Looking toward their Lord
Such verses don’t indicate the Shiites’ belief in observing God because based on the holy Imam’s –peace be upon them- interpretation, these holy faces are waiting for rewards from their Lord. [Refer to Oyoun Akhbar Al-Reza (P.H.), Vol. 1, p. 114]
Consequently, the meaning of visiting God in the Day of Judgment is the heartly observation via the faith truth. [Refer to Al-Mizan Fi Tafsir Al- Quran, Vol. 2, p. 178]
Footnotes
- Hussein Ali Nouri, Badi’a, Rabiul Awwal, p. 154
- Sadouq, Oyoun Akhbar Al-Reza (P.H.), Bija, Jahan publication, 1378 A.H., Vol. 1, p. 114.
- Seyyed Muhammad Hussein Tabatabaee, Al-Mizan Fi Tafsir Al-Quran, Qom, the Islamic publication office, 1374 S.H., 5th edition, Vol. 2, p. 178.