it is not identical with another, is not said to be distinct from it, nor to be like or unlike it. For likeness and difference presuppose distinctness: two distinct things are either alike or different, and two different things are either opposites or different without being opposites. Accordingly, two things are distinct when one can exist without the other. The Creator and creation do not invalidate this, for Allah can exist without creation. The attributes of the True One, however, cannot exist apart from one another; thus, they are not distinct and cannot be described as alike or different.”

The sixteenth argument: Suppose it is said that they are not alike but different, or that some are different and some are not, since the revealed texts use designations implying realities that are not alike, as in the words of the Most High:

“What prevented you from prostrating to what I created with My two hands?” [Sād 75]

And His words:

“And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.” {27} [al-Rahmān 27]

And His words:

“And so that you might be brought up under My eye.” {39} [Tā Hā 39]

And the words of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “Those who are just