The inescapable consequence of that faction’s assertion is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ misled his community when he told them that this Quran—this Arabic Book to which falsehood shall never come, neither from before it nor from behind it; a revelation from the All-Wise, the Praiseworthy—is indeed the Quran.
As for their opposition to the Muslims, the Muslims are unanimously agreed that the Quran was sent down to Muhammad ﷺ, unanimously agreed that it is his miracle attesting to the truth of his message and his prophethood, and unanimously agreed that within the Quran there are abrogating and abrogated verses, definitive and allegorical passages, narratives and parables—matters found only in this very Book.1
When the People of the Sunnah and the Muʿtazilah2 disagreed concerning the Quran—whether it is