The ninth is the view of those who say:

[“The Speech of Allah”] (1) is a designation shared by the eternal meaning subsisting in His essence and the sounds He creates in another. This is the view of Abū al-Ma'ālī and those among the later Ash'arīs who followed him. *) (2).

[A Detailed Exposition of the Position of Ahl al-Sunnah]

In sum, Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamā'ah—the people of hadith and those who affiliate themselves with the Sunnah and the Community [among the scholars of Quranic commentary, hadith, jurisprudence, and Sufism, such as the four imams and the leading imams among their followers] (3)—and the groups affiliated with the Community (4), such as the Kullābiyya, Karrāmiyya, Ash'ariyya, and Sālimiyya, all say that the Speech of Allah (5) is uncreated [and that the Quran is the uncreated Speech of Allah] (6). This is the position transmitted through recurrent (7) [and widespread] (8) reports from the early generations and the imams [among the Prophet’s Household and others] (9).

(10) [“Reports to this effect have been transmitted through recurrent and widespread channels from the Companions, those who followed them in excellence, and the followers of their followers. The people of hadith and the sunnah have authored numerous works on this subject, in which they record the positions of the early generations with sound chains of transmission from them. These works are well known among specialists. They include Refutation of the Jahmiyya by Muhammad ibn Abd Allāh