Amir on Certainty: If the Veil lifted, our conviction not increased

Al-Qushayri reported: ‘Amr ibn Abdi Qays, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Were the veil over the Unseen to be lifted, that would not increase our conviction.”

Source: al-Risālah al-Qushayrīyah 1/319

عن القشيري قال عَامِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ قَيْسٍ رحمه الله لَوْ كُشِفَ الْغِطَاءُ مَا ازْدَدْتُ يَقِينًا

1/319 الرسالة القشيرية

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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