you claim, what distinction would the one whom Allah mentioned as having spoken to enjoy over others to whom He did not speak? For all the messengers are like Moses with regard to Allah speaking to them, yet, according to you, none of them heard Allah’s speech. Yet the Most High has said:

“Those will have no share in the Hereafter, nor will Allah speak to them.”

(Āl ʿImrān: 77)

This makes clear that He would not punish some people on the Day of Resurrection by withholding His speech from them without rewarding others by speaking to them.

He also said, in explaining the disbelief of the Jahmiyyah:

“Allah has declared that the Quran is His speech, while the Jahmiyyah have claimed that He created it. Allah, Blessed and Most High, has declared that He spoke to Moses directly. Yet these people said: ‘Allah did not speak to him Himself, nor did Moses hear Allah’s own speech. He only heard speech that came to him from a created being.’ Thus, according to their claim, a created being called Moses