Imam Ali (as): Imam Ali (as) was asked: 'How did you come to know your Lord?' To which he replied, 'I came to know my Lord by how He made Himself known to me.' then it was said, 'And how did He make Himself known to you?' He replied, 'That no image resembles him, that He cannot be perceived by the senses, and that He is not to be compared to people.' al-Kāfī