Based on the Work of Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Ameenpuri (حفظه الله)
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“The best speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ.”
Sunan al-Nasā’ī (1311) – Chain is Ṣaḥīḥ.
➋ Another narration by Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh:
“Is there anyone who will take me to his people? Verily, the Quraysh have prevented me from delivering the speech of my Lord.”
Musnad Aḥmad (3/390), Abū Dāwūd (4734), Tirmidhī (2925), Ibn Mājah (201) – Chain is Ṣaḥīḥ.
These narrations clearly establish that the Qur'an is the actual speech of Allah.
"There is ijmāʿ among Ahl al-Sunnah scholars that the Qur’an is not created. Whoever claims it is created is a disbeliever."
Al-Radd ʿalā Man Ankar al-Ḥarf wa’l-Ṣawt, p. 106
② Imām al-Ājurī رحمه الله:
"The belief of Muslims throughout history has been that the Qur’an is the speech of Allah and not created. It is part of Allah’s knowledge, and His knowledge cannot be created."
Al-Sharīʿah: 1/489
③ Imām Abū ʿUthmān Ṣābūnī رحمه الله:
"The hadith scholars affirm that the Qur’an is the divine speech of Allah, His book, His revelation, and it is not created. Whoever says otherwise is a kāfir according to the muḥaddithūn."
ʿAqīdat al-Salaf Aṣḥāb al-Ḥadīth, p. 165
④ Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:
"The belief of the salaf is that Allah speaks whenever He wills, and His words are limitless."
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā: 5/535
⑤ Imām Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
"Denying Allah’s attribute of speech is a denial of prophethood and messengership itself, for the divine speech is the very essence of revelation."
Mukhtaṣar al-Ṣawāʿiq al-Mursalāh, p. 494
Al-Manār al-Munīf, p. 119
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❖ Core Belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah
It is the unanimous belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamāʿah that all the attributes of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an and authentic Hadiths must be believed without reinterpretation (ta’wīl) or denial (taʿṭīl). Among these attributes is kalam (speech). The Qur’an is the literal speech of Allah, conveyed with sound and letters, and this is proven through authentic Sharʿī evidences.❖ Hadith Evidences
➊ Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh رضي الله عنهما narrates:“The best speech is the speech of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ﷺ.”
Sunan al-Nasā’ī (1311) – Chain is Ṣaḥīḥ.➋ Another narration by Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh:
“Is there anyone who will take me to his people? Verily, the Quraysh have prevented me from delivering the speech of my Lord.”
Musnad Aḥmad (3/390), Abū Dāwūd (4734), Tirmidhī (2925), Ibn Mājah (201) – Chain is Ṣaḥīḥ.These narrations clearly establish that the Qur'an is the actual speech of Allah.
❖ Declaring the Qur’an as “Created” is Kufr
Based on these and numerous other evidences, the scholars have declared that anyone who claims that the Qur'an is created has committed kufr by consensus.❖ Scholarly Statements
① Imām al-Sijzī رحمه الله:"There is ijmāʿ among Ahl al-Sunnah scholars that the Qur’an is not created. Whoever claims it is created is a disbeliever."
Al-Radd ʿalā Man Ankar al-Ḥarf wa’l-Ṣawt, p. 106② Imām al-Ājurī رحمه الله:
"The belief of Muslims throughout history has been that the Qur’an is the speech of Allah and not created. It is part of Allah’s knowledge, and His knowledge cannot be created."
Al-Sharīʿah: 1/489③ Imām Abū ʿUthmān Ṣābūnī رحمه الله:
"The hadith scholars affirm that the Qur’an is the divine speech of Allah, His book, His revelation, and it is not created. Whoever says otherwise is a kāfir according to the muḥaddithūn."
ʿAqīdat al-Salaf Aṣḥāb al-Ḥadīth, p. 165④ Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله:
"The belief of the salaf is that Allah speaks whenever He wills, and His words are limitless."
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā: 5/535⑤ Imām Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله:
"Denying Allah’s attribute of speech is a denial of prophethood and messengership itself, for the divine speech is the very essence of revelation."
Mukhtaṣar al-Ṣawāʿiq al-Mursalāh, p. 494❖ Key Point
There is ijmāʿ of the Companions, the Tābiʿīn, and the Imams of Ahl al-Sunnah that the Qur'an is Allah’s uncreated speech. Al-Manār al-Munīf, p. 119