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الْمُتَقَدِّسِ فِي نُعُوتِ الْجَبَرُوتِ
Transcendent in the attributes of divine grandeur and might.

Taqaddus expresses purity from imperfection. Jabarūt here conveys divine greatness, dominion and irresistible might, not injustice or coercion in the ordinary human sense.

Two dimensions are essential: denying attributes unworthy of God and affirming His genuine perfections. Simply saying that God is unlike created things does not remove the need to explain affirmed attributes; equally, affirming an attribute never justifies projecting a bodily form onto God.

Example: Divine power is affirmed, but it cannot be reduced to muscles or physical exertion.

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Al-Mutaqaddis: understanding transcendence

Praise, Prophetic Blessings and Foundations of Kalām

الْمُتَقَدِّسِ فِي نُعُوتِ الْجَبَرُوتِ
Transcendent in the attributes of divine grandeur and might.

Taqaddus expresses purity from imperfection. Jabarūt here conveys divine greatness, dominion and irresistible might, not injustice or coercion in the ordinary human sense.

Two dimensions are essential: denying attributes unworthy of God and affirming His genuine perfections. Simply saying that God is unlike created things does not remove the need to explain affirmed attributes; equally, affirming an attribute never justifies projecting a bodily form onto God.

Example: Divine power is affirmed, but it cannot be reduced to muscles or physical exertion.