(Explanation that the creed of the people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) is to test the texts against the sayings of the sheikhs; if it agrees, it is muhkam (clear and decisive), and if it disagrees, it is the mutashabih (ambiguous)) And you tested the saying of the Messenger against
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The Shaykh :"And you tested the saying of the Messenger against what the sheikhs said, and the muhkam of the Qur'an"
And you also tested the muhkam of the Qur'an, testing the saying of Allah and His Messenger against the sayings of the sheikhs. If it agreed with the sayings of the sheikhs, you accepted it, and if it disagreed with the sayings of the sheikhs, you rejected it. For this reason, he said:
"So the muhkam is the text that agrees with their saying, which does not accept ta'wil (interpretation) in the minds"
Meaning, you make the text that agrees with their saying the muhkam that does not accept ta'wil (interpretation), and the clear one that does not accept ambiguity.
"But the text that disagrees with their saying is mutashabih, interpreted with meanings"
You have understood, my brothers, that the method of these people is to color the Qur'an and the Sunnah according to what the sheikhs said. If it agrees with what the sheikhs said, it is muhkam, clear, and does not admit ta'wil (interpretation). If it disagrees, it is the mutashabih that admits ta'wil (interpretation). And the ta'wil (interpretation) of these people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) is ta'wil (interpretation) in their view, but in our view it is tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), because there is no evidence for it.
And you also tested the muhkam of the Qur'an, testing the saying of Allah and His Messenger against the sayings of the sheikhs. If it agreed with the sayings of the sheikhs, you accepted it, and if it disagreed with the sayings of the sheikhs, you rejected it. For this reason, he said:
"So the muhkam is the text that agrees with their saying, which does not accept ta'wil (interpretation) in the minds"
Meaning, you make the text that agrees with their saying the muhkam that does not accept ta'wil (interpretation), and the clear one that does not accept ambiguity.
"But the text that disagrees with their saying is mutashabih, interpreted with meanings"
You have understood, my brothers, that the method of these people is to color the Qur'an and the Sunnah according to what the sheikhs said. If it agrees with what the sheikhs said, it is muhkam, clear, and does not admit ta'wil (interpretation). If it disagrees, it is the mutashabih that admits ta'wil (interpretation). And the ta'wil (interpretation) of these people of ta'til (denial of the divine attributes) is ta'wil (interpretation) in their view, but in our view it is tahrif (distortion of a text's meaning), because there is no evidence for it.