Motif
divine incomparability and anti-anthropomorphic caution
divine_incomparability_and_anti_anthropomorphic_caution
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Revelation and Scripture. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII. / SECTION VIII.; lines 7699-7746 confidence: high
The passage says some interpreters fell into a notion of likeness between God and created beings, with a reported parallel to Karaites among the Jews; others held that no creature is like God and that God has no companion or similitude.
Multiple statements deny likeness between God and creatures and warn against treating divine hand or finger language as bodily comparison.
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