The safer path (aslam) emphasizes restraint from unsupported definitive specification, whereas the more judicious path (aḥkam) makes wider use of sound interpretation to respond to objections. Both seek to preserve revelation and divine transcendence.
على ما اختاره المتأخرون دفعا لمطاعن الجاهلين، وجذبا لضعيف القاصرين سلوكا لسبيل الأحكم
As later scholars chose it to answer objections and help those with limited understanding, pursuing a more judicious route.
These labels do not automatically certify every particular interpretation. Each must still satisfy its own linguistic and evidential requirements.