they have posed two questions:
The first is that this (1) would require the Torah, the Gospel, and all of Allah’s other revealed books to be one and the same. The second is that the Lord has affirmed words for Himself. They then answered the first by saying that this is comparable to the Most Beautiful Names of Allah: they are many and vary across languages, while the One named is single; likewise, these books, despite their multiplicity and diversity, are but an expression of a single meaning.
It is well known, however, that this claim is unsound both in the principal matter being analogized and in the derivative. As for the principal, the Most Beautiful Names of Allah are not so synonymous that the meaning of every Name is identical to that of another, nor are they utterly distinct with respect to the Named and His attribute. Rather, inasmuch as they point to the Named Himself, they behave like synonyms, while inasmuch as they point to His attribute, they resemble distinct terms (2). This category is abundant; included within it are the names of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—(3), the names of the Quran (4), and other examples. Some people further classify (5) this as a separate category.