Allah's attributes

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I have heard that every person has been blessed with an attribute or sift/siffat of Allah’s? Some have more than one, I think. Is there any Islamic reference for this?

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Allahs siffats (attributes) are for Him Only

Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala bestows qualities upon His Creation such as (but not limitted to) seeing and hearing - Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is All-Seeing and All-Hearing

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The Creator bears no similarities to the creation, but then why do we have seeing applied twice? The answer is it only similar in the written name applied, not in the quality
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala is beyond imagination and beyond perception

So to answer your question - it can not be that someone really has a siffat of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allahs attributes are worshippable

However dont worry what you have asked is not shirk because you said 'blessed with' meaning atai (bestowed/given). and even if you had not said that but meant that then still it wouldnt have been shirk

So back to the question (which is probably not what you intended to ask), it will need to be split two ways. One to find an attribute which people have, and another which tests our understanding of bestowal (due to its greatness). The only thing which all people are given is life and Allah's attribute is Al-hayy
The other side how the question could be seen is from the Blessed Bestowals not normally applied to people. For that i guess you will have to look at Ruhullah (Isa Alaihis Salam)
and The Noor of our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Ahlihi wa Sallam

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Hmm, where did this saying originate from them?

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Don't know about the every person has his attributes bit, but other than four or five attributes (Allah, rab, quddoos, Rahman etc) that are specific to him, all other attributes are common with humans, though the extremes of those attributes are only found in Allah

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Rabb has been used for creation and its in the Quran. Rabbi is still heavily used by jews (they say rabbeye where as we would say Rabbee). Its application is similar to Moulana, Wali (both also used for Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and creation) and these three names use can be likened to use of the word Lord in the christian world as is the title Sayyid (the one who has mastery over us/ or just Lord)

There are similar sayings in Islam, i am merely differentiating on a subtle point.

There is many Sayings (throughout our scriptures) which do not actually differentiate with their wording on these matters (all our scriptures, meaning its encouraged by the religion (with the correct background understanding (but i do not want to understate that it is encouraged))

Not differentiating is different to saying an actual sifat of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has been given

What we can say in my opinion is that a particular sifat is from the sifats of Allah Ta'ala. So whats the difference between saying a sifat from the sifats of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala or a name from the names of Allah to having been given an attribute of Allah Most Merciful? Well its in the strength of the saying, 'an attribute' would be its complete or near complete bestowal of the attribute itself. This does not happen. It can not be. What is given is what Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala does not normally give, this makes the given quality great yet at the same time its not the attribute of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Its a given attribute appropriate for the Creation

With the Kun of Allah with us we can be given the power to command kun and it shall be! And with the kun of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala we can be vanished (when we do not want to be)
We are not but a metaphor

Rabbana lakal hamd

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Bayshak......Jazak Allah