so they are uniform and congruent with respect to the Essence, yet diverse with respect to the attributes. The same principle applies to the Prophet’s ﷺ names—Muḥammad, Aḥmad, al-Māḥī (the effacer), al-Ḥāshir (the gatherer), and al-ʿĀqib (the last). It likewise holds for the Qur’an’s names—al-Qurʾān, al-Furqān (the Criterion), al-Hudā (guidance), al-Nūr (light), al-Tanzīl (the revelation), al-Shifāʾ (healing), and others besides. Concerning such names people have disagreed: are they to be counted as synonymous because the referent is a single reality, or as distinct because the attributes they convey are multiple—just as one might say al-sayf (sword) and al-ṣārim (keen blade),