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لِلْخَلْقِ ... بِخِلَافِ عِلْمِ الْخَالِقِ تَعَالَى فَإِنَّهُ لِذَاتِهِ
Created beings have means of knowing, unlike the Creator, whose knowledge belongs to His essence.

The passage establishes a theological distinction. Human and other created beings come to know through particular routes; divine knowledge is not acquired from outside through hearing, experiment, or a process of learning. Applying the conditions of created cognition to divine knowledge would therefore be a category error within this theological framework.

The coming classification of senses, report, and reason concerns the means of knowledge available to creatures. It must not be read as a description of how God acquires knowledge.

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Created knowledge and divine knowledge

Causes of Knowledge: Definition, Certainty and Sources

لِلْخَلْقِ ... بِخِلَافِ عِلْمِ الْخَالِقِ تَعَالَى فَإِنَّهُ لِذَاتِهِ
Created beings have means of knowing, unlike the Creator, whose knowledge belongs to His essence.

The passage establishes a theological distinction. Human and other created beings come to know through particular routes; divine knowledge is not acquired from outside through hearing, experiment, or a process of learning. Applying the conditions of created cognition to divine knowledge would therefore be a category error within this theological framework.

The coming classification of senses, report, and reason concerns the means of knowledge available to creatures. It must not be read as a description of how God acquires knowledge.