Do we declare those who subjected the attributes of Allah to their own reasoning to be disbelievers?

Question : Do we declare those who have been ruled upon in this manner to be disbelievers?

Answer : No, we do not declare them disbelievers. We mentioned in the chapter on the ruling of the apostate that if they deny, they are disbelievers, and if they offer a figurative interpretation (ta'wil), we examine it. If the interpretation has a valid basis in the Arabic language, they are not declared disbelievers. If it has no valid basis, then an interpretation that has no place in the Arabic language is equivalent to denial. However, everything they interpret in this matter, they bring forward some semblance of justification from the Arabic language, such as their distortion of "He rose above" (istawa) to "He took control of" (istawla), and their citing of the famous verse: "Bishr has taken control of Iraq without a sword or spilled blood." But in any case, they are misguided in this matter.