Ta'tili
In Islamic theology, taʿṭīl means "divesting" God of His attributes. It is a form of apophatic theology. Taʿṭīl is the polar opposite of tashbīh, the ascription to God of physical characteristics or human attributes such as emotion. Both taʿṭīl and tashbīh are considered sins or heresies in mainstream Islam.
The corrective doctrine against taʿṭīl is tathbīt, and the corrective against tashbīh is tanzīh.
Those accused of taʿṭīl may be referred to as muʿaṭṭila or ta'tili. Historically, the followers of Jahm ibn Safwan — the Jahmi — were called muʿaṭṭila by their opponents.
The ninth-century Muʿtazilites were called muʿaṭṭila for their belief "hat God is eternal but they deny the existence of any eternal attributes. nowledge, power, and life are part of His essence, otherwise, if they are to be looked upon as eternal attributes of the Deity, it will give rise to a multiplicity of eternal entities."
