FeatureAdditional kāfOriginal comparative kāf
Status of kāfAdditional for emphasisRetains comparison
Route to meaningDirect denial of likenessIndirect denial through implication
Rhetorical featureEmphatic wordingReasoning from a denied consequence
Common conclusionNo likeness to GodNo likeness to God
Both approaches lead to the same intended conclusion but by different grammatical and rhetorical routes. The disagreement should not be presented as mutually opposed theological conclusions; it concerns the function of the comparative particle and the way the negation is expressed.