Most High:

“He made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah is the highest.”

And the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“You have made marital relations with them lawful through the word of Allah.”

As for His words, Most High:

“And the word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice,”

they encompass both kinds.

As for “sending forth” in the first sense, it occurs in passages such as His words, Most High:

“Then, when the promise concerning the first of the two came to pass, We sent against you servants of Ours endowed with great might.”

The second sense occurs in passages such as His words, Most High:

“He is the One who sent among the unlettered a Messenger from among themselves.”

And His words, Most High:

“Our Lord, send among them a Messenger from among themselves.”

And His words, Most High:

“We have certainly sent a messenger to every nation, proclaiming: ‘Worship Allah and shun false gods.’”

As for “sending” in the first sense, it occurs in passages such as His words, Most High:

“We have sent the devils against the disbelievers, inciting them relentlessly.”

And His words, Most High:

“And We sent the winds to fertilize.”

In the second sense, it occurs in passages such as His words, Most High:

“Indeed, We sent Noah to his people.”

And His words, Most High:

“Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner.”

And His words, Most High:

“Ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you.”

And His words, Most High:

“We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by Allah’s permission.”

And His words, Most High:

“We did not send any messenger before you without revealing to him: ‘There is no deity except Me, so worship Me.’”

And His words, Most High:

“Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness over you, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh.”

“But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a severe punishment.”