The fourteenth point concerns their specious claim of likeness between Allah and His creation. All the arguments of these Jahmiyyah in this matter hinge on likening Allah Most High to His creation. They say, for example: “If He had attributes, He would be like all other bodies that possess attributes. If He could be seen, what applies to all other visible things would also apply to Him. If He were a body, He would be like all other bodies, because bodies are alike.”

Every argument founded on likening Allah to His creation—whether that likeness is treated as real or merely hypothetical—is invalid, for no such likeness exists in reality, and this is self-evident. Thus, any argument that depends on this false likeness is itself invalid.

They liken Allah to other things in several ways:

First, they regard the attributes they affirm of Him on the basis of revelation as being like the attributes of created beings, and apply the same judgments in both cases. They then negate those attributes, thus both likening Him to creation and denying His attributes.

Second, through negations and privative descriptions that entail no attribute of perfection, they liken Him to nonexistent, deficient things.

Third, they hypothetically ascribe to Him what they deny of Him, and assume that, were He to possess it, He would be equal to others. This too is false.