Do Salafis take literal meaning of the Quran?

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As-Salamu 'Alaykum

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Jazak Allah khayr for clarifying the Athari position brother. I do agree with you that laymen shouldn’t dwell into this issue deepl without having any knowledge. However, it is important to know and affirm and believe in what Allah Ta’ala has said about Himself. If you think it is useless then you’re simply insulting the ayaat of Allah, the Sunnah of the Rasoul (sal-allahu 'alayhi wa salam) and the jihad of the Salaf against the people of bid’ah. The Ash’ari and the Maturidi creed is clearly contradict the creed of Ahlus Sunnah, the Athari creed. How can you say that we should or can reconile between the three?

Wa 'alaikumuSalam and Wa fi kum BarakAllah

It is because when I learn about the Salafis I go and sit with the Salafis and when I learn about the Sufis I go and sit with the Sufis … By Allah (SWT) no ones knows what I am (nor myself) because when I hear arguments from both sides they sound convincing, I try to put into learning about them with love for them. That is why I see a fallacy in what is said about the 'Asharis and likewise I see a fallacy about what is said about the Atharis … but what is at stake here?

Time

We have no time for these petty fights … If you think it is more important to argue with Muslims about the nature of God than it is to smile at someone or to be nice to or to build a relationship with Allah (SWT) then I cannot sit here to disagree or agree with you … Current 'aqaid is such that we have literal and esoteric … extreme literalists are anthropomorphists which I have never seen and extreme esoterics are rejectors of the Sifaat, again I have never seen them. Both parties seem to say each opposite lies in the extreme end but I feel there is a middle ground that is as yet unexplored by many.

I have genuine sentiment with the Sufis because they have never done Takfir on the Salafis … but I have seen some Salafis who do takfir on the Sufis. This may be acceptable to you but to me it is not. Though most of my friends are from the Salafis I am emotionally bonded to the Sufis and this I believe is a good position for me to remain for the time being.