by restoring the verb jaʿala to the meaning that Allah Himself has assigned to it; otherwise, he joins those who hear the words of Allah and then distort them after having understood them, while they know full well (1).

When the Almighty says,

“We have indeed made it an Arabic Qur’an” (2),

the proper sense is that He “made” it through an act from among the acts of Allah (3), in a manner other than creating (4).

And He said in Sūrah Yūsuf:

“Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an so that you may understand” (5),

and He said,

“in a clear Arabic tongue” (6),

and He said,

“We have only made it easy in your tongue” (7).

Thus, when Allah made the Qur’an Arabic and facilitated it upon the tongue of His Prophet, that was an act from among the acts of Allah (8) by which He made the Qur’an Arabic (9). In this is a clear proof for anyone whom Allah wills to guide (10).

Al-Bukhārī said in his Ṣaḥīḥ (11): “Chapter: What has been reported concerning the fashioning of the heavens and the earth and the rest of creation—it is the deed and command of the Lord. The Lord, with His attributes, His action, His command, and His speech (12), is the Creator and Fashioner (13), not Himself created, whereas whatever…"