The Difference Between Takyif and Tamthil
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a difference between takyif and tamthil?
The Shaykh:
Takyif is to describe how it is, such as saying it is a hand like the hand of so-and-so, or a hand that inflicts harm. This is takyif. As for tamthil, it is tashbih (likening Allah to creation); tamthil and tashbih mean the same thing. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
We believe in the attribute, but we do not know how it is; none knows it except Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is there a difference between takyif and tamthil?
The Shaykh:
Takyif is to describe how it is, such as saying it is a hand like the hand of so-and-so, or a hand that inflicts harm. This is takyif. As for tamthil, it is tashbih (likening Allah to creation); tamthil and tashbih mean the same thing. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
We believe in the attribute, but we do not know how it is; none knows it except Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 19-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:40)
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