The second point is that reasoning from the Quran requires understanding it according to the Arabic language in which it was revealed. Indeed, it was revealed in the dialect of Quraysh, as Allah Most High says:

“We never sent a messenger except in the language of his people.” [Ibrāhīm 4]

And He says:

“In a clear Arabic tongue.” {195} [al-Shuʿarāʾ 195]

No one, therefore, may interpret the Quran’s expressions according to any other general usage or specialized terminology. They must be understood only according to that language. Thus, if any speculative theologian has assigned particular meanings to terms such as wāhid (“one”), ahad (“one”), “body,” and other expressions—whether derived from their linguistic meanings, broader than them, or different from them—he is not entitled to impose his own conventions upon the Quran. Rather, he must understand the Quran’s words in their proper senses, which Allah made clear to those whom the Quran addressed in their own language. To do otherwise is to distort words from their proper places.

It is well known that any group may adopt conventional expressions with which its members communicate. Thus, some speculative theologians say that ahad means that which cannot be divided, and that every body is divisible. They define a body as anything whatsoever that occupies space and is capable of division, thereby including air