LessonsAllah’s Incomparability and Questions about Qur’anic IllustrationsQuiz

1. Another being actually having attributes like Allah's.
This would mean that a creature possesses attributes comparable to Allah's attributes. Such a claim is rejected: Allah's essence and attributes are free of actual resemblance.

2. Giving an illustration to make Allah's attributes understandable.
This is the use of an example to clarify a meaning. It does not follow that the object used in the example is like Allah.

The first claim is denied, while the second may occur as an explanatory illustration.

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Allah’s Incomparability and Questions about Qur’anic Illustrations

1. Another being actually having attributes like Allah's.
This would mean that a creature possesses attributes comparable to Allah's attributes. Such a claim is rejected: Allah's essence and attributes are free of actual resemblance.

2. Giving an illustration to make Allah's attributes understandable.
This is the use of an example to clarify a meaning. It does not follow that the object used in the example is like Allah.

The first claim is denied, while the second may occur as an explanatory illustration.