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In Al-Irshad it is narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) said
“God the Almighty is not similar to anything, and nothing is similar to Him. He is different from whatever we can imagine.”
من كتاب الإرشاد: عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
إن الله [تعالى] لا يشبه شيئا ولا يشبهه شئ، وكلما وقع في الوهم فهو بخلافه.
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