Is the dialogue in the Noble Qur'an, where the second party is a human, such that his response in the dialogue is in wording and meaning from himself, or is the meaning from him and the wording from Allah, Glorified and Exalted?
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The questioner : Is the dialogue in the Noble Qur'an, where the second party is a human, such that his response in the dialogue is in wording and meaning from himself, or is the meaning from him and the wording from Allah, Glorified and Exalted?
The Shaykh : What appears to me is that what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, relates from the nations that came before, He relates it, Glorified and Exalted is He, in both meaning and wording from Allah, Glorified and Exalted. This is because this Qur'an is in a clear Arabic language, and it is known that those from whom Allah relates their words, who came before, were not people of the Arabic language; their language was another language. Yet Allah relates their words in the Arabic language. This is evidence that Allah, the Exalted, relates what they say by the meaning of what they say, not by the wording in which they say it. And this is clear. Yes.
The questioner : Also, among their questions, they say.
The Shaykh : What appears to me is that what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, relates from the nations that came before, He relates it, Glorified and Exalted is He, in both meaning and wording from Allah, Glorified and Exalted. This is because this Qur'an is in a clear Arabic language, and it is known that those from whom Allah relates their words, who came before, were not people of the Arabic language; their language was another language. Yet Allah relates their words in the Arabic language. This is evidence that Allah, the Exalted, relates what they say by the meaning of what they say, not by the wording in which they say it. And this is clear. Yes.
The questioner : Also, among their questions, they say.