He, glorified and exalted, speaks whatever He wills, whenever He wills, however He wills. We do not know how He speaks, nor when, nor by what means; yet we hold with certainty that when He intends a thing He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.
For that reason the words of Allah cannot be numbered. Allah the Exalted says: “If all the trees on earth were pens and the sea, replenished by seven more seas, were ink, the words of Allah would not be exhausted” (31:27). He also says: “Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would run dry before the words of my Lord were exhausted, even if We were to add another sea like it” (18:109).
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ʿAbd Allah ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “We campaigned with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on seven expeditions during which we ate locusts.” Another narration states: “We ate locusts along with him.” Agreed upon.
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Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “A believer is not bitten from the same hole twice.” Agreed upon.