LessonsCreed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through QuestionsQuiz

Question: Does calling Allah All-Hearing and All-Seeing give Him hearing and sight like created beings?

Answer: No. Divine attributes are affirmed while resemblance to creatures is denied. Human organs and limitations cannot serve as the measure of divine attributes.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Nothing resembles Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

Follow-up: May one deny the attribute altogether to avoid anthropomorphism?

Clarification: Denying resemblance does not mean denying the attributes. What revelation affirms is acknowledged without creaturely comparison, avoiding both anthropomorphism and negation.

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Affirming attributes without resemblance

Creed Dialogues: Clarifying Beliefs Through Questions

Question: Does calling Allah All-Hearing and All-Seeing give Him hearing and sight like created beings?

Answer: No. Divine attributes are affirmed while resemblance to creatures is denied. Human organs and limitations cannot serve as the measure of divine attributes.

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Nothing resembles Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.

Follow-up: May one deny the attribute altogether to avoid anthropomorphism?

Clarification: Denying resemblance does not mean denying the attributes. What revelation affirms is acknowledged without creaturely comparison, avoiding both anthropomorphism and negation.