What is meant by the figurative interpretation of the attributes?
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Question:
I ask Allah for you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is meant by the figurative interpretation of the attributes? And are the Asha'irah the ones who interpreted the attributes figuratively?
Answer:
The figurative interpretation of the attributes means interpreting them in a way other than the correct interpretation. This is an incorrect interpretation of the attributes, diverting them from their intended meaning. The Asha'irah are among the sects that interpreted the attributes figuratively. The Jahmiyyah, the Mu'tazilah, the Asha'irah, and the Maturidiyyah all interpreted the attributes figuratively. Yes.
I ask Allah for you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is meant by the figurative interpretation of the attributes? And are the Asha'irah the ones who interpreted the attributes figuratively?
Answer:
The figurative interpretation of the attributes means interpreting them in a way other than the correct interpretation. This is an incorrect interpretation of the attributes, diverting them from their intended meaning. The Asha'irah are among the sects that interpreted the attributes figuratively. The Jahmiyyah, the Mu'tazilah, the Asha'irah, and the Maturidiyyah all interpreted the attributes figuratively. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [660- 4717] ما المراد بتأويل الصفات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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