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Do the verses regarding image-making, such as His saying, “Then We gave you form,” and His saying, “And He gave you form and perfected your forms,” fall under the name of Allah, “The Fashioner”?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding His saying
And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] formوَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَاكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَاكُمْ
[Al-A'raf 7:11]
and His saying
and formed you and perfected your formsوَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ
[Ghafir 40:64]
, do these verses fall under the name of Allah al-Musawwir?

Answer:
Yes, indeed. His name appears at the end of Surat al-Hashr: “The Fashioner.” He has the most beautiful names. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 440- هل تدخل آيات التصوير كقوله تعالى:﴿ثم صورناكم﴾ وقوله:﴿وصوركم فأحسن صوركم﴾، في اسم الله «المصور»؟ — youtube.com

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