LessonsEvidence Mastery: Text, Meaning and the Limits of InferenceQuiz

وَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْغُلُوِّ وَالتَّقْصِيرِ وَبَيْنَ التَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّعْطِيلِ وَبَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَالْقَدَرِ وَبَيْنَ الْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيَاسِ
The balanced path lies between excess and deficiency, likeness and negation, compulsion and denial of decree, and false security and despair.

Excess and deficiency inflate or diminish rightful rank. Likeness and negation wrongly assimilate divine attributes to created attributes or deny them. Compulsion and denial of decree are opposite errors regarding human agency and divine creation.

False security and despair eliminate either fear of punishment or hope in mercy. Sound belief preserves both fear and hope, together with the obligations of worship and repentance.

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Four balances in belief

Evidence Mastery: Text, Meaning and the Limits of Inference

وَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْغُلُوِّ وَالتَّقْصِيرِ وَبَيْنَ التَّشْبِيهِ وَالتَّعْطِيلِ وَبَيْنَ الْجَبْرِ وَالْقَدَرِ وَبَيْنَ الْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيَاسِ
The balanced path lies between excess and deficiency, likeness and negation, compulsion and denial of decree, and false security and despair.

Excess and deficiency inflate or diminish rightful rank. Likeness and negation wrongly assimilate divine attributes to created attributes or deny them. Compulsion and denial of decree are opposite errors regarding human agency and divine creation.

False security and despair eliminate either fear of punishment or hope in mercy. Sound belief preserves both fear and hope, together with the obligations of worship and repentance.