A Response to Those Who Distinguish Between Denying Likeness and Denying Similarity Regarding Allah the Exalted

The questioner:
May Allah send you well. This questioner says: What is the response to this doubt raised by some of the pretenders to knowledge, who said that Allah denied having a *mithil* (like) but not a *shabih* (similar), and that there is a difference between them? He said, Allah the Exalted stated: "There is nothing like unto Him," but humans only heard the word *shabih* and *mithil* as being the same, with no difference between them. Yes.

The Shaykh:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says:

The presenter:
Tell him: Show me a difference between *shabih* and *mithil*. You say that Allah denied the *mithil* but did not deny the *shabih*. Tell him: Bring me a difference between them. He is unable to answer with a difference. The *shabih* is the *mithil*. Yes.

The Shaykh:
Tell him: Give me a distinction between the shabih (likeness) and the mithil (equal). You say that Allah denied the mithil but did not deny the shabih. Tell him: Show me the difference between them. He cannot answer with a distinction. The shabih is the mithil. Yes.