Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (4/339)

nor al-Shafiʿi, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ishaq ibn Rahawayh, Ibn ʿUyaynah, or anyone else.
Rather, every one of them agrees that the Quran is revealed and uncreated; that Allah sent it with Gabriel, and Gabriel brought it down to His Prophet Muhammad—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—who then conveyed it to the people. The people recited it with their own articulations and voices, yet none of the servants’ actions or voices is eternal or uncreated. The speech of Allah, however, is uncreated.
The early generations never said, “The Quran is eternal.” When the Jahmiyyah and those of the Muʿtazilah and others who sided with them introduced the notion that it is a created entity separate from Allah, the Salaf and the leading imams replied: “It is the speech of Allah, uncreated.”

وَالشَّافِعِيِّ، وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ، وَابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ. بَلْ هَؤُلَاءِ كُلُّهُمْ مُتَّفِقُونَ عَلَى أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ مُنَزَّلٌ غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ أَرْسَلَ بِهِ جِبْرِيلَ، فَنَزَلَ بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَبَلَّغَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَى النَّاسِ فَقَرَأَهُ النَّاسُ بِحَرَكَاتِهِمْ وَأَصْوَاتِهِمْ، وَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَفْعَالِ الْعِبَادِ وَأَصْوَاتِهِمْ قَدِيمًا وَلَا غَيْرَ مَخْلُوقٍ، وَلَكِنَّ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ السَّلَفُ يَقُولُونَ: الْقُرْآنُ قَدِيمٌ. وَلَمَّا أَحْدَثَ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ وَمُوَافِقُوهُمْ مِنَ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّهُ مَخْلُوقٌ بَائِنٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ السَّلَفُ وَالْأَئِمَّةُ: إِنَّهُ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ غَيْرُ مَخْلُوقٍ.