2. Sifāt: the Attributes of God
Intheprecedinglessons,wehavelearntaboutmostoftheimportantat-
tributesof God. Thereare many attributes which are a must for God,
whilethereareotherswhicharebeneathHisdignityand,therefore,can-
not be found in Him.
The attributes of God, therefore, have been grouped into “positive”
and“negative”:theformerreflectstheattributesthatexistinHim,where
asthelatterreflecttheattributesthatcannotbefoundinHim.Theposit-
iveattributesofGodareknownasas-sifātath-thubutiyyah;whereastheat-
tributes that cannot be found in God are known asas-sifāt as-salbiyyah.