LessonsRefuting Anthropomorphism: Divine Attributes, Scriptural Language and LikenessQuiz

Denials of body, substance, shape, direction and location may overlap logically. The variety is nevertheless deliberate: different schools reach corporeal conclusions by different terms, so eliminating one formulation does not necessarily eliminate another.

فلم يبال بتكرير الألفاظ المترادفة والتصريح بما علم بطريق الالتزام
Thus, repeating near-synonymous terms and explicitly stating what follows by implication was not avoided.

An explicit negation can prevent a hidden implication from being reintroduced under another label. Denying body may imply denying composition, yet spelling out the latter has genuine argumentative force.

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Why multiple negations are used

Refuting Anthropomorphism: Divine Attributes, Scriptural Language and Likeness

Denials of body, substance, shape, direction and location may overlap logically. The variety is nevertheless deliberate: different schools reach corporeal conclusions by different terms, so eliminating one formulation does not necessarily eliminate another.

فلم يبال بتكرير الألفاظ المترادفة والتصريح بما علم بطريق الالتزام
Thus, repeating near-synonymous terms and explicitly stating what follows by implication was not avoided.

An explicit negation can prevent a hidden implication from being reintroduced under another label. Denying body may imply denying composition, yet spelling out the latter has genuine argumentative force.