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Al-Rāzī said: “Fourth: It is related that the Mu'tazilah argued that the Quran is created on the basis of a report that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: ‘The surahs al-Baqarah and Āl ‘Imrān will come—such and such—on the Day of Resurrection, as though they were two clouds.’ Ahmad ibn Hanbal replied: ‘This means the reward of those who recite them.’ This is an explicit use of figurative interpretation on his part.”