Darʾ Taʿâroud al-ʿAql wa-n-Naql - Ibn Taimiya - (2/322)

other than these, as al-Ashʿarī mentioned in his book al-Maqālāt (Doctrinal Positions) when discussing Ibn Kullāb’s views. He said:

“Ibn Kullāb said: Allah has always been speaking; His speech is an attribute of His that subsists in Him; He is beginningless together with His speech; and His speech subsists in Him just as knowledge and power subsist in Him. Speech consists of neither letters nor sound; it cannot be divided, partitioned, or separated into parts. It is a single meaning subsisting in Allah.”

He said:

“Some who denied that the Quran was created said: The Quran is heard and written, and it is diverse yet uncreated. Likewise, knowledge is other than power, and power is other than knowledge. Allah cannot be other than His attributes; His attributes are diverse, whereas He is not diverse.”

He said:

“These people maintained that speech did not come into being, and that Allah has not

غير هؤلاء، كما ذكر ذلك الأشعري في كتاب المقالات لما ذكر كلام ابن كلاب فقال: (قال ابن كلاب: إن الله لم يزل متكلماً، وإن كلامه صفة له قائمة به، وإنه قدمي بكلامه، وإن كلامه قائم به، كما أن العلم قائم به، والقدرة قائمة به، وإن الكلام ليس بحروف ولا صوت، ولا ينقسم ولا يتجزأ ولا يتبعض، وإنه معنى واحد قائم بالله) . قال: (وقال بعض من أنكر خلق القرآن: إن القرآن يسمع ويكتب، وإنه متغاير غير مخلوق، وكذلك العلم غير القدرة، والقدرة غير العلم، وإن الله لا يجوز أن يكون غير صفاته، وصفاته متغايرة، وهو غير متغاير) . قال: (وزعم هؤلاء أن الكلام غير محدث، وأن الله لم