The Qur'an is the speech of Allah and its relationship to the Preserved Tablet
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, in the previous lesson that the Qur'an is from Allah, not from the preserved speech, in response to the importance of this matter. This has been confusing to me, so I hope you will clarify it, Honorable Shaykh.
Answer:
Yes, the Qur'an is the speech of Allah; it began with Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah spoke it, then He wrote it in the Preserved Tablet after He spoke it, (Glorified and Exalted is He). So the Qur'an is from Allah, not from the Preserved Tablet. The Tablet does not speak; the One who spoke it is Allah. As for the Tablet, the Qur'an is written in it:[Az-Zukhruf 43:4], [Al-Buruj 85:21-22], [Al-Waqi'ah 56:78-79]. The hidden Book is the Preserved Tablet, and the purified ones are the angels.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, in the previous lesson that the Qur'an is from Allah, not from the preserved speech, in response to the importance of this matter. This has been confusing to me, so I hope you will clarify it, Honorable Shaykh.
Answer:
Yes, the Qur'an is the speech of Allah; it began with Him, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Allah spoke it, then He wrote it in the Preserved Tablet after He spoke it, (Glorified and Exalted is He). So the Qur'an is from Allah, not from the Preserved Tablet. The Tablet does not speak; the One who spoke it is Allah. As for the Tablet, the Qur'an is written in it:
And indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.
وَإِنَّهُ فِي أُمِّ الْكِتَابِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ(21) But this is an honored Qur'an (22) [Inscribed] in a Preserved Slate.
بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَّجِيدٌ فِي لَوْحٍ مَّحْفُوظٍ(78) In a Register well-protected; (79) None touch it except the purified.
فِي كِتَابٍ مَّكْنُونٍ لَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ
Source
شرح لمعة الاعتقاد [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وقال - تعالى - : { كهيعص } — islamhouse.com (1:08:18)
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