Continuation of the explanation of the author's statement: ". . . . Ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) linguistically means: emptying and vacating.

The Shaykh : Denying what is obligatory, or denying some of it, so it is therefore of two types: total ta'til, like the ta'til of the Jahmiyyah (a sect that denied the divine attributes) who denied the attributes, and their extremists also denied the names. The Jahmiyyah (a sect that denied the divine attributes) denied the attributes and said, "Allah has no attributes ever," and some of them denied the names and said, "Allah has no names." Glory be to Allah! Allah says: And what is this?! They said, "Al-Sami' (The All-Hearing) is the Creator of hearing in others, and Al-Basir (The All-Seeing) is the Creator of sight in others," and the like of these false distortions. It is known that this is contrary to the apparent meaning of the wording, and the Qur'an was revealed in a language, the Arabic language, and no one among the Arabs understands from such as "He is Al-Sami' Al-Basir" (The All-Hearing, The All-Seeing) except that the intended meaning is the One described with hearing and sight, and that these are among His names. They deny the names, their extremists and the majority of them deny the attributes and affirm the names. Why? Because they say, "If we affirm names for Allah, it would necessitate likening Allah to creation, because you say, 'Allah is Al-Sami' (The All-Hearing) and the human is hearing,' and you say, 'Allah is Al-Hayy (The Ever-Living) and the human is described as living' Yes and the like of that. So if you affirm these names for Allah, it necessitates similarity. It is said, "This is not correct, because as mentioned in the previous lesson, sharing in the absolute origin does not mean similarity in reality, or does it?" For this reason, this man is called a "hayawan" (animal) and the cow is called a "hayawan" (animal), and the "hayawan" (animal) is not like the "hayawan" (animal), or is it? And it is said, "The plant is living and the human is living," and life is not like life, and the living is not like the living, yes.