LessonsRefuting Anthropomorphism: Divine Attributes, Scriptural Language and LikenessQuiz

In this account, tafwīḍ accepts the wording of revelation and denies corporeal implications while leaving definitive specification of the ambiguous intended meaning or reality to God. It avoids ascribing an unsupported precise meaning with certainty.

فيجب أن يفوض علم النصوص إلى الله تعالى، على ما هو دأب السلف إيثارا للطريق الأسلم
Knowledge of these texts is entrusted to God, as was the practice of the early generations, preferring the safer path.

This does not reject the scriptural wording or abandon transcendence. Scholars have differed over how far the scope of tafwīḍ extends to meaning, modality, or the ultimate intended sense.

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Tafwīḍ as the safer approach

Refuting Anthropomorphism: Divine Attributes, Scriptural Language and Likeness

In this account, tafwīḍ accepts the wording of revelation and denies corporeal implications while leaving definitive specification of the ambiguous intended meaning or reality to God. It avoids ascribing an unsupported precise meaning with certainty.

فيجب أن يفوض علم النصوص إلى الله تعالى، على ما هو دأب السلف إيثارا للطريق الأسلم
Knowledge of these texts is entrusted to God, as was the practice of the early generations, preferring the safer path.

This does not reject the scriptural wording or abandon transcendence. Scholars have differed over how far the scope of tafwīḍ extends to meaning, modality, or the ultimate intended sense.