Is the issue of the creation of the Qur'an among the secondary issues in which disagreement is easy?
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Question:
He says: Is the issue of the creation of the Qur'an considered among the secondary issues in which disagreement is easy?
Answer:
This is the talk of the people of misguidance; they make it seem easy, but it is not easy. Disagreement on this matter is not easy. Therefore, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) stood firm like a mountain; he did not compromise, he did not interpret the texts figuratively, and he did not yield to what they demanded. It is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. This means that if we say the Qur'an is created, or that the speech of Allah in general is created, it implies describing Allah as not speaking. This would be describing Allah with incapacity. How can Allah command, prohibit, and legislate if He does not speak?
Glorified is Allah above that. And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[Al-A'raf 7:148] This indicates that the deity must speak. This is what He does not do? No, did they not see that He does not speak to them and does not guide them to a way? They took it, and they were wrongdoers. Yes.
He says: Is the issue of the creation of the Qur'an considered among the secondary issues in which disagreement is easy?
Answer:
This is the talk of the people of misguidance; they make it seem easy, but it is not easy. Disagreement on this matter is not easy. Therefore, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) stood firm like a mountain; he did not compromise, he did not interpret the texts figuratively, and he did not yield to what they demanded. It is not permissible to be lenient in this matter. This means that if we say the Qur'an is created, or that the speech of Allah in general is created, it implies describing Allah as not speaking. This would be describing Allah with incapacity. How can Allah command, prohibit, and legislate if He does not speak?
Glorified is Allah above that. And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them
وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَىٰ مِن بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلًا جَسَدًا لَّهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2348- 4717] هل مسألة خلق القرآن من المسائل الفرعية التي يسهل فيها الخلاف؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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