Tashbih

Tashbih (Arabic: تشبيه‎) is an Islamic religious concept meaning anthropomorphism, assimilating/comparing God to His creatures.[1] In Islamic theology, two opposite terms are attributed to Allah, tashbih and tanzih (transcendence).

This article is about Islamic theological concept. For the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a deity, see anthropopathy.
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However, the fuller meaning of tashbih is 'affirming similarity', i.e. affirming similarity between God and His creatures. This concept is eternally juxtaposed with Allah's tanzih (transcendence, or 'declaring incompatibility').

Both ta'til, divesting God of His attributes, and tashbih, anthropomorphism, are considered to be heresies by Sunnis.[2] Tashbih in particular is also condemned by the Shi'a and Ibadhi.

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References
  1. Ernst Bremer; Susanne Röhl, eds. (2006). Language of Religion, Language of the People: Medieval Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 11. Wilhelm Fink Verlag. p. 136. ISBN 9783770542819.
  2. Elmer H. Douglas (1993). Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' (ed.). The Mystical Teachings of al-Shadhili. SUNY Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780791416136.
  • Murata, Sachiko; William C. Chittick (2000). The Vision of Islam. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-86064-022-2.
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