Mentioning the reason for the people of innovation denying the attribute of speech for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).

The Shaykh : And what is the reason that drove them to these figurative interpretations? They said: If we say that Allah speaks in reality, then we have likened Him to His creation! Likening Allah to creation is false, and whatever is based on falsehood is false. If we say, as Allah said: , in reality, it means that our Lord speaks, but He does not speak like the servants; this is likening... it is disbelief. So what do we do? They say: So we interpret this speech as speech that does not liken the Creator to the created. Thus, they fell into what they fled from. Did they not argue for the affirmation of mental speech by citing 'Umar's statement: "I fabricated a speech"?! So 'Umar has mental speech, and 'Umar's Lord also has mental speech. So what did they gain from this interpretation? They gained nothing. When it is said to them that this speech... they say: So when we say that Allah's speech is mental, it does not mean that mental speech resembles the mental speech of humans. Allah is greater! Stick to the original, say: Allah's speech is a reality that befits the essence of Allah and... does not resemble His creation in reality... and the matter is settled. Exactly like this, they fell into interpreting , exactly like it, and this is among the arguments of Allah for the Sunnah of the Salaf against their opponents.
...this benefit as well.