The Origins of the Mautazalite Theology

Mautazalites tended to deny the reality of attributes, or at least deny that they had any reality distinct from God's own. Mautazalite Mutakali moon would have no hesitation in adopting a figurative reading of Quranic descriptions of God as having a face and sitting on a throne since Reason shows he has no body. The Christian doctrine of the Trinity fell afoul of this restriction; so did certain views on the status of God's attributes such as his power.