The Ta'wil (figurative interpretation) Reported from the Salaf Regarding the Attributes

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The author of the marginalia, regarding the statement of the author (may Allah have mercy on him), “So whoever interprets the attributes, including His Essence, without affirming them,” the questioner says: The term ta'wil (figurative interpretation) regarding the attributes has several meanings, some of which are correct and transmitted from some of the Salaf. The question is: What is meant by this ta'wil (figurative interpretation) that the Shaykh mentioned from the Salaf?

Answer:
We have said that ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is of three types: ta'wil (figurative interpretation) meaning what a thing leads to, ta'wil (figurative interpretation) meaning interpretation and clarification of meaning, and ta'wil (figurative interpretation) meaning diverting [the meaning] from its apparent sense, which is a later technical term. As for the Salaf interpreting some of the attributes, I do not know of anything of that; I do not know that the Salaf interpreted anything of the attributes.

The presenter:
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