Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamāʿah affirm that nothing is like Allah in His essence or attributes.
Since Sūrat al-Nūr mentions a niche and lamp, a question arises: does the illustration make Allah's light like something created? If so, how could incomparability be maintained?
The difficulty comes from treating the use of an illustration as equivalent to establishing actual resemblance. These two matters are distinct.
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Allah’s Incomparability and Questions about Qur’anic Illustrations
Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamāʿah affirm that nothing is like Allah in His essence or attributes.
Since Sūrat al-Nūr mentions a niche and lamp, a question arises: does the illustration make Allah's light like something created? If so, how could incomparability be maintained?
The difficulty comes from treating the use of an illustration as equivalent to establishing actual resemblance. These two matters are distinct.