Eighth: Calling Allah’s kingship “Allah’s image,” or calling His governance and power “His image,” is entirely unknown in the language. Interpreting the hadith this way is therefore pure distortion and alteration.

Ninth: The words “He created Adam in His image” imply that Adam was in His image when he was created. It is well known that he was not created a king at that time; kingship arose only afterward.

Tenth: Adam himself was neither a king nor someone who was obeyed after he was created, even after he had offspring.

Eleventh: The statement “Indeed, Allah created Adam in His image, sixty cubits tall,” through to the words “Everyone who enters Paradise will be in Adam’s image,” explicitly refers to His own image, not His power and kingship.

As for the statement, “In His image, which is the world, for man is a microcosm of the world,” there is no need to dispute that