We said: Messenger of Allah, shall we see our Lord? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do you feel any trouble in seeing the sun on a cloudless day? We said: No. And the remaining part of the hadith has been narrated to the end like the hadith transmitted by Hafs b. Maisara with the addition of these words: Without the deed that they did or any good that they had sent before. It would be said to them: For you is whatever you see (in it) and with it the like of it. Abu Sa'id said: I have come to know that the bridge would be thinner even than the hair and sharper than the sword; and in the hadith narrated by Laith these words are not found: They would say, O our Lord! Thou hast bestowed upon us (favours) which thou didst not bestow on anyone else in the world.
The Book of Faith - Sahih Muslim 183 b
This narration from Sahih Muslim addresses the profound question of whether believers will see Allah in the Hereafter, using the analogy of seeing the sun on a cloudless day to illustrate the clarity and ease of this divine vision for the righteous.
Analogical Explanation of Divine Vision
The Prophet's comparison to seeing the sun without difficulty demonstrates that the vision of Allah will be even more clear and direct for the believers in Paradise, without any intermediary or obstruction.
This refutes those who deny the possibility of seeing Allah, affirming that the Creator is more manifest than His creation when He chooses to reveal Himself to His servants.
The Bridge (Sirat) and Its Description
The hadith mentions the Sirat bridge over Hell, described as thinner than hair and sharper than sword, indicating the extreme difficulty of crossing it based on one's deeds.
The righteous will cross quickly by Allah's mercy, while sinners will struggle or fall based on the weight of their sins and the strength of their faith.
Divine Justice and Reward
The statement "Without the deed that they did or any good that they had sent before" emphasizes that Paradise is entered purely by Allah's mercy, not by the quantity of one's deeds.
The promise of "whatever you see and with it the like of it" demonstrates Allah's infinite generosity, doubling rewards beyond what the human mind can comprehend.