This verse is evidence against you, for when He says:

“No new reminder comes to them from their Lord,”

it is understood that some reminders are new and others are not. When an indefinite noun is qualified, the qualification distinguishes what possesses that attribute from what does not. This is like saying, “No Muslim man comes to me without my honouring him,” or “I eat only lawful food,” and similar expressions.

It is also clear that “new” in this verse does not mean “created,” as the Jahmī claims. Rather, it means newly revealed. Allah sent down the Quran portion by portion, so what was revealed first is old relative to what was revealed later. Everything that precedes something else is called “old” in Arabic, as He says:

“Like an old date stalk.”

And He says:

“By Allah, you are indeed in your old error.”

And He says:

“Since they have not been guided by it, they will say, ‘This is an old falsehood.’”

And He says:

“Have you considered what you have been worshipping—you and your forefathers of old?”

The same applies to His words:

“We have made it an Arabic Quran.”

He did not merely say, “We have made it,” which might be understood to mean, “We have created it.” Rather, He said:

“We have made it an Arabic Quran,”

meaning that He made it Arabic. He had the power to send it down in a non-Arabic language; when He sent it down in Arabic, He thereby made it Arabic rather than non-Arabic.

This matter is one of the foundational principles of the people of faith and the Sunnah, by which they distinguish themselves from the Jahmiyyah among the Mu'tazilah, the philosophers, and others like them. It is discussed at length elsewhere. And Allah knows best.