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Tafwīḍ (Consigning the Meaning to God)

The traditionalist position of affirming the divine attributes named in scripture while consigning knowledge of their true meaning to God, refusing both literal anthropomorphism and figurative interpretation.

The traditionalist position of affirming the divine attributes named in scripture while consigning knowledge of their true meaning to God, refusing both literal anthropomorphism and figurative interpretation.

Key passages(20)

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ikhtisas · al-Mufid

Very high

Sharh Cadud · al-Iji

Very high

Minhaj Cabidin · al-Ghazali

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Sawaciq Mursala · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Dar Tacarud · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Tanwir Fi Isqat Tadbir · Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Very high

Tashih Ictiqadat · al-Mufid

Very high

Dharica · al-Sharif al-Murtada

Very high

Nukat Ictiqadiyya · al-Mufid

Very high

Daw Bahir · Ibn Qudama

High

Nahj Haqq · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Bayan Talbis Jahmiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Nihayat Aqdam · al-Shahrastani

High

Qawacid Kashfiyya · al-Sha'rani

High

Sharh Talwih · al-Taftazani

High