The claim that Allah diverts minds from producing the like of the Qur'an
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on the statement that Allah diverts minds from producing the like of His speech, Glorified and Exalted is He?
Answer:
This is the speech of the people of falsehood. They call it "al-sarfah" (diversion). They claim that creation is capable of producing the like of the Qur'an, but Allah diverted them. These are the people of al-sarfah, and this is a false statement.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: What is the ruling on the statement that Allah diverts minds from producing the like of His speech, Glorified and Exalted is He?
Answer:
This is the speech of the people of falsehood. They call it "al-sarfah" (diversion). They claim that creation is capable of producing the like of the Qur'an, but Allah diverted them. These are the people of al-sarfah, and this is a false statement.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح العقيدة الطحاوية [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وأيقنوا أنه كلام الله - تعالى - بالحقيقة ليس بمخلوق ككلام البرية — islamhouse.com (46:11)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.