Chapter: Belief That the Quran Is the Speech of Allah Most High, That His Speech Is Not Created, and That Whoever Claims the Quran Is Created Has Disbelieved

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: Know—may Allah have mercy on us and you—that the position of the Muslims whose hearts have not been made to deviate from the truth and who have been guided aright, in earlier and later times, is that the Quran is the speech of Allah Most High and is not created. This is because the Quran is from the knowledge of Allah, and the knowledge of Allah cannot be created. Exalted is Allah far above that! This is demonstrated by the Quran, the Sunnah, the statements of the Companions—may Allah be pleased with them—and the statements of the imams of the Muslims. None denies this except a vile Jahmī, and the scholars regard a Jahmī as an unbeliever.

Allah Most High said: “If any of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the speech of Allah.” [al-Tawbah: 6]

He also said: “A group of them used to hear the speech of Allah and then distort it after they had understood it.” [al-Baqarah: 75]

Allah Most High said to His Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him: “Say: O humanity, I am indeed the Messenger of Allah to you all—the One to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet