LessonsDivine Will, Self-Sufficiency, Life, and ResurrectionQuiz

The Qur’an uses expressions concerning Allah such as yad, wajh, ʿayn, sāq, and others.

These expressions are not to be understood as the hands, face, eyes, or bodily organs of creatures. They concern Allah’s attributes.

Knowledge of the meaning and reality of these attributes belongs to Allah. His essence is free from created organs and dependence upon them.

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The terms yad, wajh, ʿayn, and sāq

Divine Will, Self-Sufficiency, Life, and Resurrection

The Qur’an uses expressions concerning Allah such as yad, wajh, ʿayn, sāq, and others.

These expressions are not to be understood as the hands, face, eyes, or bodily organs of creatures. They concern Allah’s attributes.

Knowledge of the meaning and reality of these attributes belongs to Allah. His essence is free from created organs and dependence upon them.