If one claims that the speech of Allah is created, do we argue with him using the verses, or the hadiths, or both?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If one claims that the speech of Allah is created, do we argue with him using the verses, or the hadiths, or both?

The Shaykh:
Do they?

The questioner:
If one claims that the speech of Allah is created, do we argue with him using the verses, or the hadiths, or both, given the many people who claim this and are stumbling in this matter, where the affliction has become widespread?

The Shaykh:
No, with both: with the verses and with the hadiths. We argue with him using the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger, because the Qur'an is by consensus, and by the consensus of the Ummah whose consensus is considered valid. For this reason, when the Children of Israel took the calf that the Samiri had carved or shaped for them out of gold, Allah the Exalted said: They will not speak to them. This indicates that the Lord speaks, Glorified and Exalted is He, and that the one who does not speak is not the Lord. How can He command and forbid if He does not speak? Oh, Glory be to Allah! How can a Lord command and forbid if He does not speak? With what does He command? With what does He forbid? Yes.