LessonsEternal Divine Attributes: Knowledge, Power, Life and SpeechQuiz

وَكَذَا فِي سَائِرِ الصِّفَاتِ
The same applies to the remaining attributes.

The principle used for eternal, non-originated, non-acquired knowledge and life extends, where appropriate, to power and the other perfections. Their meanings and objects of relation differ, while their unoriginated status and relation to the one divine essence remain consistent.

Example: Knowledge relates to objects of knowledge; power relates to possible acts. Their difference in meaning neither makes them identical nor creates two separate necessary beings.

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One principle applied across the attributes

Eternal Divine Attributes: Knowledge, Power, Life and Speech

وَكَذَا فِي سَائِرِ الصِّفَاتِ
The same applies to the remaining attributes.

The principle used for eternal, non-originated, non-acquired knowledge and life extends, where appropriate, to power and the other perfections. Their meanings and objects of relation differ, while their unoriginated status and relation to the one divine essence remain consistent.

Example: Knowledge relates to objects of knowledge; power relates to possible acts. Their difference in meaning neither makes them identical nor creates two separate necessary beings.