Some have interpreted the words in (the words of Allah are not exhausted) and His saying (before the words of my Lord are exhausted) as being the knowledge of Allah and His wonders.

Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: In the words of Allah the Exalted, and His saying, , one of them interpreted the words in these two verses as the knowledge of Allah and His wonders.

Answer:
This is an error; this is a mistaken interpretation, a deviation. The speech of Allah is to be taken at its apparent meaning. The speech of Allah does not cease. The speech of Allah is abundant, from the creation of the created things until eternity. He speaks, commands, and forbids, Blessed and Exalted is He. So His speech is not exhausted, Exalted and Majestic is He. It has no beginning and no end, like His other attributes. His speech is not His knowledge. The speech is the real, known speech that is heard.
From Him, Blessed and Exalted is He, and He speaks with it in reality. There is no limit to the beginning or the end of the speech of Allah. If, for example, the entire sea were made into ink to write with, and all the trees were made into pens, the words of Allah would not be exhausted, because He commands and forbids constantly, Blessed and Exalted is He, constantly and forever. So the verse is to be taken at its apparent meaning. Yes.