LessonsEternal Knowledge, Power, Life, Will and Their RelationsQuiz

Knowledge: things are known as they truly are; temporal objects do not entail newly acquired divine knowledge.
Power: an eternal attribute concerning possible things; their coming into existence does not originate the attribute.
Life: an eternal perfection, not a bodily biological process.
Hearing and sight: genuine attributes related to what is heard and seen, without physical organs or imagination and estimation.
Will and mashīʾah: concern the specified occurrence of possible outcomes, distinct from commands and approval.
Takwīn: Māturīdī and Ashʿarī formulations differ about the status of the attribute related to origination.

The unifying distinction is between the Creator's attribute, its relation, and the existence or state of the creature.

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Integrating eternal attributes with temporal events

Eternal Knowledge, Power, Life, Will and Their Relations

Knowledge: things are known as they truly are; temporal objects do not entail newly acquired divine knowledge.
Power: an eternal attribute concerning possible things; their coming into existence does not originate the attribute.
Life: an eternal perfection, not a bodily biological process.
Hearing and sight: genuine attributes related to what is heard and seen, without physical organs or imagination and estimation.
Will and mashīʾah: concern the specified occurrence of possible outcomes, distinct from commands and approval.
Takwīn: Māturīdī and Ashʿarī formulations differ about the status of the attribute related to origination.

The unifying distinction is between the Creator's attribute, its relation, and the existence or state of the creature.