to revelation is understood in these three respects.

As for the knowledge the Lawgiver commands us to acquire, His command concerns either [what the Lawgiver directly intends] (1) or what is necessarily required, because what is prescribed cannot be accomplished without it.

Likewise, by a “ruling of the revealed Law,” the Muʿtazilah mean only what the Lawgiver has communicated, whereas the Ashʿarīs mean what the Lawgiver has established. Each group has been supported by some of our companions and others. The correct view is that a ruling of the revealed Law sometimes consists of what the Lawgiver has communicated, sometimes of what He has established, and sometimes combines both. And Allah knows best.