As for the second interpretation—that of Ibn Khuzaymah—that this is the ascription of a created thing to Allah, as in “Allah’s she-camel,” “Allah’s House,” “Allah’s earth,” and “Allah’s fitrah (original constitution),” this may be addressed in several ways.

First, before Adam was created, there was no created image in which he was created. Thus, to say “in an image created by Allah,” when there is no image other than Adam’s, is equivalent to saying “in Adam’s image.” This has already been refuted in numerous ways.

Second, the ascription of created things occurs with independently subsisting entities, such as the she-camel, the House, the earth, and the fitrah, meaning that which has been created. As for attributes that subsist in something else, such as knowledge, power, speech, and will, their ascription is the ascription of an attribute