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Similarity
(التَّشَابُه)
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المعنى الاصطلاحي
The existence of an amount of similarity between the attributes of the Creator and the attributes of the creation, although they are different in reality.
الشرح المختصر
"Tashābuh" (resemblance) is similarity between two things to some extent, with the existence of a factor separating them. An example is that there are some attributes that are common between Allah, the Exalted, and the creation. This resemblance applies only to the original meaning of the attribute. For instance, Allah has a life and the creation has a life, and this sharing is in the original meaning of "life". However, the truth of the matter is that the attributes of the Creator are not like the attributes of the creation. That is, the life of the creation is preceded by non-existence and succeeded by perishing, in addition to the fact that the life of the creation is imperfect in itself. Contrary to that, the life of Allah, the Exalted, is perfect from all aspects.
التعريف اللغوي المختصر
"Tashābuh": similarity, resemblance in essence, attributes or actions. Other meanings: equality between two things.
التعريف
al-mutashābih, al-mutashābih al-lafẓī