Is it permissible to use phrases such as "we were able" or "we formed such and such" in the context of speaking about the actions of the Creator and the formation of the human body, knowing that this is a metaphor?

Bodily movements are divided into voluntary movements, such as walking and speaking, and involuntary movements, which are of two types: habitual, such as the movement of the heart, and unhabitual, such as the movement of someone trembling.

All these types are attributed to humans either as an action and an acquisition, or as a characteristic and a state.

Ibn Abi al-Izz al-Hanafi emphasizes that the servant truly performs his action and has a real ability, and that the servant's actions are of two types: - A type that originates from him without the conjunction of his power and will, thus it is a characteristic of him, not an action (like the movements of someone trembling). - A type that originates from him in conjunction with the emergence of his power and choice, thus it is a characteristic, an action, and an acquisition for the servant (like voluntary movements).

Ibn al-Qayyim divides movements into three types: voluntary, natural, and forced. He demonstrates this by stating that if the mover is conscious of the movement, it is voluntary; if he is not conscious of it, then it is either in accordance with his nature (natural) or not (forced).

Therefore, there is no harm in attributing some aspects of the creature's posture to man, considering it a characteristic or a state of his, while believing that Allah Almighty alone is the Creator and Disposer of that.