likening (التَّشْبِيه)

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التعريف :

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To liken all or some of the attributes of the creator to some of the characteristics of created beings. It is of two types: to liken the creator to the created, and to liken the created to the creator. Likening is normally resemblance in some ways while correspondence is similarity in all ways.