Combining the supplication of seeking refuge with the prohibition of supplicating to an attribute of Allah

Question:
The transmitted supplication from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is: “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.” How is this reconciled with the prohibition against supplicating to any of the attributes of Allah the Exalted?

Answer:
“I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah” This does not contain a supplication; rather, it contains taking refuge in the words of Allah, which are the Qur’an, taking refuge in them from the evil of the devils. There is no doubt that the Qur’an drives away the devils; the Qur’an drives away the devils, , the Qur’an drives away the devils, as it was reported that the house in which Surat al-Baqarah is recited is not approached by the devil, it is not approached by the devil. So, “I seek refuge in the noble words of Allah” is a matter of taking refuge in the Book of Allah the Majestic, not a matter of supplication. You do not supplicate to the Qur’an; rather, you take refuge in it from the evil of the devils, as in the story where they, in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when they would settle in a camp, would say, “We seek refuge in the master of this valley,” meaning the jinn, from the evil of the leader of their people. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited that and commanded that whoever settles in a camp should say, “I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created,” and nothing will harm him until he departs from that camp. So this is a connection to the Book of Allah the Majestic.