Clear passages (muḥkamāt) convey a relatively determinate primary meaning. In ambiguous passages (mutashābihāt), the full reality or mode of a matter may remain beyond human comprehension.
With divine attributes, submission and transcendence are essential. Where qualified scholars have offered interpretations, a possible explanation must be distinguished from a claim of certainty about the intended meaning.
Turning a plausible interpretation into certainty or specifying an unrevealed mode is unwarranted. Sound belief includes recognition of the limits of knowledge.