LessonsDivine Speech: Eternal Attribute, Inner Speech and Its RelationsQuiz

This theological enumeration contains eight attributes:
1. Knowledge — knowing all that is knowable.
2. Power — power over all possible objects.
3. Life — eternal life.
4. Hearing.
5. Sight.
6. Will — determination among possibilities.
7. Takwīn — the attribute concerning bringing into being.
8. Speech — the real attribute of speaking.

This is a particular systematic enumeration in kalām. Listing speech separately emphasizes that it is not simply another label for knowledge or will. Distinguishing attributes also does not posit multiple independent deities.

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The eight attributes in this discussion

Divine Speech: Eternal Attribute, Inner Speech and Its Relations

This theological enumeration contains eight attributes:
1. Knowledge — knowing all that is knowable.
2. Power — power over all possible objects.
3. Life — eternal life.
4. Hearing.
5. Sight.
6. Will — determination among possibilities.
7. Takwīn — the attribute concerning bringing into being.
8. Speech — the real attribute of speaking.

This is a particular systematic enumeration in kalām. Listing speech separately emphasizes that it is not simply another label for knowledge or will. Distinguishing attributes also does not posit multiple independent deities.