لَيْسَ مِثْلَهُ شَيْءٌ
Nothing is comparable to Him.
If kāf is treated as an additional marker of emphasis, the statement directly negates any likeness to God. The analysis does not first posit an existing counterpart and then merely deny a third thing's similarity to that counterpart.
This reading provides a direct account of the intended negation while also explaining the grammatical change of “mithl” in the expressed phrase.
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A Second Sense of Majāz: Case Changes Through Ellipsis and Addition
لَيْسَ مِثْلَهُ شَيْءٌ
Nothing is comparable to Him.
If kāf is treated as an additional marker of emphasis, the statement directly negates any likeness to God. The analysis does not first posit an existing counterpart and then merely deny a third thing's similarity to that counterpart.
This reading provides a direct account of the intended negation while also explaining the grammatical change of “mithl” in the expressed phrase.