Clarification that sharing a name does not necessitate similarity in the reality of the named thing.

The questioner: Meaning, it is certain... ... but it is more encompassing of the process of perception, including sight and hearing.

The Shaykh: Ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is invalid in itself, even regarding the rules; because we mentioned that the rule states: the original state is the absence of ta'wil. Why are you interpreting? He said: In tashbih (likening Allah to creation). Okay; in affirming the existence of Allah in tashbih; because there is a second existence, the existence of created things. But all the scholars of kalam agreed that the existence of Allah is what? Intrinsic; meaning, without a creator. As for our existence, it is by other than us; and that is Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). Therefore, sharing a name does not mean sharing in the reality of the attribute. Allah described the human being as hearing and seeing, and He described Himself as hearing and seeing, but how vast is the difference between this attribute and that attribute! So this is how we must proceed with all the divine attributes: we take the path of tanzih (transcendence)... with a verse: , then we affirm what He affirmed for Himself, so we say: Hearing, Seeing, the Most High, Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, encompassing everything, and so on. But we must not forget to say: .