Al-Marīsī used to insist, “Allah’s knowledge and His speech are created,” and that is outright disbelief in Allah (1).

ʿAbdullāh ibn Aḥmad (2) related: I heard my father say, “Whoever claims that the Qur’an is created is, in our view, a disbeliever, for the Qur’an is part of Allah’s knowledge and it contains the names of Allah.” Allah – Most High – says, “So if anyone disputes with you about it after knowledge has come to you …” (3).

Al-Marwadhī (4) reported: I heard Abū ʿAbd Allāh say, “The Qur’an is the speech of Allah and is uncreated. Whoever says that the Qur’an is created is a disbeliever in Allah and the Last Day. The proof is His statement, ‘And if anyone disputes with you concerning it after knowledge has come to you, then say, “Come, let us call our sons and your sons …”’ (5) – and so on to the end of the verse; and His statement, ‘And if you were to follow their desires after knowledge has come to you, you would surely be among the wrongdoers’ (6); and His statement, ‘And if you follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you will have no guardian or helper from Allah’ (7); and He said: