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for the good and welfare of people, since whenever it is

allowed matters become worse and get out of control, overstepping
the limits of moderation. Things which go beyond the

limits of moderation are beyond control. Therefore there is
no harm done by such a prohibition which is also attested by

the lives of the good, first generation who used to say, "Take
them literally as they have been (revealed and) handed

down." Thus Malik, on being asked about ascending, went so far
as to say, "The fact of ascending is known but its manner

is not; to believe in it is an obligation, to inquire about
its manner is a heresy.' Another group advocated the middle
of the road position and permitted allegorical interpretation
in everything which relates to the attributes of Allah but
have taken the things which pertain to the Hereafter in a