A clear text (muḥkam) has an established, evident meaning. An ambiguous text (mutashābih) may contain aspects whose exact meaning or modality is not fully accessible to human understanding. Unseen divine attributes are not to be measured by created modalities.
Where a possible interpretation is offered, possibility must not be promoted to certain knowledge. Speculative understanding and definitive revelation differ in epistemic status.
Submission affirms what has been established while refusing to turn unsupported conjecture into a necessary belief.