So He characterized the two statements as identical, whereas He spoke of the hearts merely as resembling one another, not as being identical; for even though the hearts concur in voicing this statement, they remain diverse and not identical.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“The lawful is plainly evident and the unlawful is plainly evident; between the two are ambiguous matters that many people do not know.”

This shows that some people do know them, and that in reality those matters are not identical: some of them are unlawful and some are lawful.

Sixth argument: His words, “We shall create a being after Our likeness,” do not include His attributes—such as His speech and His life that subsists in Him—for these are uncreated. Accordingly, this phrase does not extend to the divinity (lāhūt) that they claim donned humanity, because the divinity is uncreated.

As for the humanity (nāsūt), it is like every other human nature; it enjoys no special distinction that would make it, to the exclusion of all other human natures, a likeness of Allah.

Therefore his question, “Who, then, is the created likeness other than His Word and His Spirit?” is baseless in every respect.

As for his statement, “Behold, Adam has become like one of Us,” and their assertion that this is a claim