The Narrative Form in Citing Verses: Saying "Allah said" or "The Exalted said"
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Question:
The restriction of the matter. His saying, the Exalted, in the story of Noah:[Nuh 71:10] Rather, we say: "Allah the Exalted said" or we say: "The Exalted said" on the tongue of the one to whom revelation was sent.
Answer:
Both are permissible. It is all the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If you say "Allah the Exalted said" and then say "Ask your Lord for forgiveness," and if you say "Allah the Exalted said" narrating from His Prophet Noah, and then say "Ask your Lord for forgiveness," that is also permissible. This is all permissible; it is all the speech of Allah. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
The restriction of the matter. His saying, the Exalted, in the story of Noah:
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًاAnswer:
Both are permissible. It is all the speech of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. If you say "Allah the Exalted said" and then say "Ask your Lord for forgiveness," and if you say "Allah the Exalted said" narrating from His Prophet Noah, and then say "Ask your Lord for forgiveness," that is also permissible. This is all permissible; it is all the speech of Allah. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/الذي يراك حين تقوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (59:09)
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