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Chapter on the Lafziyya—those who say that one’s utterance of the Quran is created—and on the falsehood of those who claim that this Quran is a representation of the Quran in the Preserved Tablet
Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: “May Allah have mercy on you. Beware of those who say, ‘One’s utterance of the Quran is created.’ Ahmad ibn Hanbal and those who followed his way regarded this as a grave abomination, and anyone who says this
بَابُ ذِكْرِ اللَّفْظِيَّةِ، وَمَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ حِكَايَةٌ لِلْقُرْآنِ الَّذِي فِي اللَّوْحِ الْمَحْفُوظِ كَذَبُوا قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ: احْذَرُوا رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ لَفْظَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَخْلُوقٌ، وَهَذَا عِنْدَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى طَرِيقَتِهِ مُنْكَرٌ عَظِيمٌ، وَقَائِلُ هَذَا