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Is there any embarrassment in describing a person as "creative" or in describing an idea or work as "creative" if it is unprecedented, and is creativity exclusive to Allah, the Almighty?

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"Badi' al-Samawati wal-Ard" (Originator of the heavens and the earth) is one of Allah Almighty's attributes, meaning He is their Creator and Originator in the most excellent manner, bringing them into existence without a prior example. Neither "al-Badi'" nor "al-Mubdi'" are among the Most Beautiful Names of Allah. There is no objection to describing a person as "creative" (mubdi') or their work as "creativity" (ibda'); this description is not exclusive to Allah alone, and the creativity of creatures differs from the creativity of the Creator.

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