Faithful Reflections

Something small and finite, under something without limit. The gap is the whole subject Are Humans Created in Allah's Image? What Islam Says Islamic Research Notes · Basics of Faith · 30 minute read In short Islam's starting point about God is a negative one: nothing is like Him. That principle is called tanzih , and it rules out the idea that human beings are little copies of the divine. But there is a narration in Bukhari and Muslim that appears to say Adam was created in God's image, and the Qur'an calls Allah All-Hearing and All-Seeing while we hear and see too. This is the long version: what tanzih claims, where the Qur'an draws its lines, what that hadith actually says and how scholars have read it, how the three main Sunni approaches differ, and how far a believer is meant to take on the qualities God loves without falling into the mistake the whole doctrine exists to prevent. What's on this page The question people actually ask Wha...