Types of Ta'wil

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, into how many categories is ta'wil (figurative interpretation) divided? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
So, do we see that Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) held that it is of two types? Ta'wil in the sense of interpretation (tafsir). Ta'wil in the sense of interpretation is a correct meaning. This is found in the common usage of Ibn Jarir in his tafsir, and there is no objection to using the term ta'wil for tafsir of the words of Allah the Exalted. The second meaning is shifting the word from the stronger probability to the weaker probability. This is among the later scholars. This is among the later scholars. This is the feminine form of ta'wil in which they distorted the names and attributes from their correct meanings to incorrect meanings. This is the condemned ta'wil. There is a third type of ta'wil, which is what a thing ends up being in its conclusion, what a thing ends up being meaning what a thing ends up being in the future. He said: her Lord. And this is known only to Allah Mighty and Majestic, because the future and what happens in it is known only to Allah Mighty and Majestic. So ta'wil is of three categories. [One is] what a thing ends up being in the future, and this is known only to Allah Glorified and Exalted is He. The second is the interpretation of speech, and this is correct. It is called ta'wil. The third is shifting the word from its apparent meaning to another meaning, and this is the condemned ta'wil that the Mu'tazilah and the Asha'irah and those who followed their path engaged in regarding the ta'wil of the attributes from their [correct] meaning.