Al-Ruʾya
Definition
Al-ruʾya — the vision of God — is the climax of the Ihya: the supreme joy of Paradise and the ultimate destination of the entire spiritual path that al-Ghazali has mapped across forty books. The hadith says: 'When the people of Paradise enter it, God will say: Do you wish for anything more? They will say: Have You not brightened our faces? Have You not admitted us to Paradise? And then He will lift the veil.' Al-Ghazali describes this vision — the direct perception of God's face by the believing soul — as so incomparably beautiful that every other pleasure of Paradise pales in comparison. It is the beginning, not the end: in Paradise, the journey of love and nearness and knowledge of God continues forever, without limit and without end.
As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.
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