The Attribute of Speech: Is It an Intrinsic Attribute of Allah or an Attribute of Action?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the attribute of speech with Allah the Exalted an intrinsic attribute or an attribute of action?

Answer:
It is an actual attribute among the attributes of His actions, which He does whenever He wills (Blessed and Exalted is He), and He continues to speak whenever He wills (Blessed and Exalted is He). If the sea were a finger’s width and you wrote with it the words of Allah, the sea would run dry before [you finished], because Allah commands and forbids, creates and provides, constantly and forever (Blessed and Exalted is He), and He manages [affairs]. And in the other verse, it says, “Say, and even if” The intended meaning of “the words of Allah” here is His speech (Blessed and Exalted is He). His speech has no beginning and no end. He commands and forbids, creates and provides, manages [affairs], and speaks whenever He wills and if He wills (Blessed and Exalted is He). His speech (Blessed and Exalted is He) cannot be counted, and the seas and pens would be exhausted before the exhaustion of the speech of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). This is one of His attributes, so how about the rest of His attributes?