This, then, is clear proof and guidance for anyone who takes heed of what Allah reveals. May Allah have mercy on the one who reflects, retracts any statement that contradicts the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and speaks of Allah only the truth. For Allah has taken a covenant from His creation when He said,
“Has not the covenant of the Scripture been taken from them that they should say nothing about Allah except the truth?” [Al-Aʿrāf 7:169].
And He said in another verse,
“My Lord has only forbidden indecency, whether open or hidden, sin, wrongful aggression, associating with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority, and saying about Allah what you do not know.” [Al-Aʿrāf 7:33].
Thus Allah has prohibited attributing falsehood to Him. He also said,
“On the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah—their faces blackened.” [Al-Zumar 39:60].
So may Allah protect us and you from the trials that lead astray.
Moreover, Allah speaks of His Speech in several passages of the Qur’an, consistently calling it Speech and never calling it a created thing.
…and everyone who truly believes in Allah and reflects upon His revelation understands that the speech of Allah, the self of Allah, the knowledge of Allah, the power of Allah, the might of Allah, the dominion of Allah, the greatness of Allah, the forbearance of Allah, the pardon of Allah, the gentleness of Allah—in short, every divine attribute—are the greatest of all realities and that none of them is created. They are attributes of the Creator and proceed from the Creator. Hence, in His saying: “Creator of all things” (al-Anam 6:102) He is not referring to His speech, His might, His power, His dominion, His greatness, His very existence, or His generosity. Allah has always been, and will ever remain, one God possessed of His speech, His knowledge, His power, His dominion, and all His attributes. These attributes are co-eternal with Him: pre-eternal as His pre-eternity, everlasting as His everlastingness; our Lord has never been without them for even an instant. The Jahmi seeks to negate these attributes, and by doing so he aims at negating the Lord Himself.
(1) Salih ibn Ahmad reported: “I heard my father say—while the sense is identical—that the Jahmiyya split into three groups: one group said, ‘The Quran is created’; another said, ‘[We only affirm] the speech of Allah, and then we remain silent’; and a third group said…”