The Writing of Allah’s Decreed Speech and the Renewal of the Individual Instances of His Speech
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Question:
That Allah rewards you with a clear explanation: Is the speech of Allah before the creation of the universe written in the known form, like the speech of the Qur'an? Or is what is written the counterpart of creation, without the speech of the utterance before the clarification?
Answer:
His decreed speech is written, but His speech by which He commands the angels and commands the creatures, His saying[Ya-Sin 36:82], this, as the scholars say, is from the renewal of the type. The speech of Allah is ancient in type and recent in individual instances. This is from the individual instances, from the individual instances of His speech, Glorified and Exalted is He. It is said regarding speech what is said regarding the other attributes, the attributes of actions, the attributes of actions. The rule for them is one: ancient in type and recent in individual instances.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
That Allah rewards you with a clear explanation: Is the speech of Allah before the creation of the universe written in the known form, like the speech of the Qur'an? Or is what is written the counterpart of creation, without the speech of the utterance before the clarification?
Answer:
His decreed speech is written, but His speech by which He commands the angels and commands the creatures, His saying
when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.
إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
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