Is it implied by Ibn Taymiyyah's statement: "Rather, the very scientific reality was attained by him, just as it was attained by his teacher," that scientific reality is a general concept existing in minds, not in concrete entities, and that what was attained by the teacher is not shared by the student, but rather what was attained by the student is merely similar to what was attained by the teacher, and that this is permissible between created beings but not with the Creator?

Shaykh al-Islam explained that the scientific truth acquired by a student resembles what was acquired by his teacher, yet it is not entirely identical. He likened knowledge to the light of a lamp from which one can draw without diminishing it, emphasizing that the attributes inherent in a created being do not transfer to the Creator, and what is exclusive to the Creator does not transfer from Him.

He further affirmed that the Qur’an recited by Muslims is truly the speech of Allah, but hearing it from Allah is not like hearing it from humans, for "there is nothing whatever like unto Him." He also differentiated between mental existence and actual existence, clarifying that commonality occurs in the mind, not in reality, for every existent in the external world is unique in its existence and attributes.