The Mu'tazilah's distortion of the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And Allah spoke to Moses directly)
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Question : What do the Mu'tazilah say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted [An-Nisa 4:164]? I read a strange meaning?
Answer : In al-Zamakhshari's exegesis, it says: He wounded him with the claws of wisdom. Because the word "kalam" (speech) in the language means a wound. This makes Allah the Exalted wound Moses with a wound, but not with a knife. Nor with the claws of a lion, with what? They said: with the claws of wisdom. We ask Allah for safety. This is an apparent distortion.
And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.
وَكَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًاAnswer : In al-Zamakhshari's exegesis, it says: He wounded him with the claws of wisdom. Because the word "kalam" (speech) in the language means a wound. This makes Allah the Exalted wound Moses with a wound, but not with a knife. Nor with the claws of a lion, with what? They said: with the claws of wisdom. We ask Allah for safety. This is an apparent distortion.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [224 -850] تحريف المعتزلة لمعنى قوله تعالى: (وكلم الله موسى تكليماً) - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com
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