in the Qur’an, designating it Speech and never designating it creation. He said (1):

“Then Adam received from his Lord words” ⦗2:37⦘ (2);

and He said:

“A party of them used to hear Allah’s Speech” ⦗2:75⦘ (3);

and He said:

“When Moses came at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him” ⦗7:143⦘ (4);

and He said:

“Indeed, I have chosen you above all people with My messages and with My Speech” ⦗7:144⦘ (5);

and He said:

“And Allah spoke to Moses directly” ⦗4:164⦘ (6);

and He said:

“So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet—who believes in Allah and His words” ⦗7:158⦘ (7).

Allah—Mighty and Majestic—has thus informed us (8) that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, believed in Allah and in Allah’s Speech. He also said:

“They wish to alter Allah’s Speech” ⦗48:15⦘ (9);

and He said:

“Say, ‘If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord…’” ⦗18:109⦘ (10);

and He said:

“If any of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection until he hears Allah’s Speech” ⦗9:6⦘ (11).

He did not say, “until he hears Allah’s creation.” This explicit text (12), in a clear Arabic tongue, needs no commentary; it is self-evident, and all praise belongs to Allah (13).

I say: This shows that Allah (14) has called it Speech in many passages,