657 Cf.
2:55 , for the thunder and lightning which dazed those who were presumptuous enough to ask that they should see Allah face to face, and
2:51 and n. 66, for the worship of the golden calf. The lesson is that it is presumptuous on the part of man to judge of spiritual things in terms of material things, or to ask to see Allah with their material eyes when Allah is above material forms and is independent of time and space.