المعنى الاصطلاحي

Exalting Allah the Almighty above all deficiencies and freeing Him from all imperfections, while confirming that none resembles Him in the attributes of perfection.

الشرح المختصر

"Tanzeeh" in reality implies that one frees Allah the Almighty from anything that does not befit Him according to the Shariah and reason, such as having a son, father, partner, rival, or equal. It also requires one to deem Him far above all defects that contradict perfection, such as death, sleep, impotence, need, and other things that Allah denied Himself in His Book or through His Messenger, may Allah"s peace and blessings be upon him. To achieve this, it is imperative to affirm the attributes of perfection to Allah the Almighty. This is because Allah is absolutely perfect in His essence, names, attributes, and actions, and stands in no need of anything. Furthermore, "tanzeeh" that the Lord, may He be Glorified and Exalted, deserves is summarized into two types: 1. Negation of imperfection and defects from Him, which is a prerequisite for the affirmation of the attributes of perfection. 2. Negation of the resemblance of anything to Him in the attributes of perfection that are affirmed for Him. As for the concept of "tanzeeh" according to the "Mu‘attilah", they negate the attributes of perfection from Allah, may He be Glorified and Exalted, and deny what Allah has described Himself with, or what His Messenger, may Allah"s peace and blessings be upon him, described Him with such as the attributes of hearing, seeing, knowledge, elevation, coming to judge people"s affairs on the Day of Judgment, etc. According to them, anyone who affirms such attributes is comparing and likening Allah the Almighty to His creatures. The first ones to introduce this deviant concept in "tanzeeh" were the "Jahmiyyah" who were later followed by the "Mu‘tazilah".

التعريف اللغوي المختصر

"Tanzeeh": exculpating one"s honor from faults. "Tanazzuh": keeping away and disdaining from imperfections. Original meaning: remoteness.

التعريف

To make clear that no shortcoming applies to God and nothing is comparable to him. This must not be understood to negate his attributes.