Clarification that the term *tilawah* (recitation) refers to both the recited text and the act of the reciter; if the former is intended, it is uncreated, and if the latter is intended, it is created
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The Shaykh : The author of this passage (may Allah have mercy on him) says: The recitation of the Qur'an, in its definition with the definite article *al-tilawah*, can mean the recited text or the act of the reciter. If you intend the act of the reciter, it is created. If you intend the recited text, it is uncreated. This is *al-tilawah* with the definite article.
As for when it is said "the recitation of the Qur'an," that is different from what Ibn al-Qayyim intended here. When "the recitation of the Qur'an" is said, it divides into two categories from another perspective: it can mean reading it, as Allah the Exalted said:[Fatir 35:29] [Ali 'Imran 3:113], and it can mean following it, just as you say "so-and-so followed so-and-so," meaning he followed him and came as a follower of him.
So we now have "the recitation of the Qur'an" and we have "the recitation." *Al-tilawah* has two meanings: *tilawah* meaning the recited text, which is a verbal noun functioning as a passive participle, so what is intended by it is? The Qur'an, which is uncreated. *Tilawah* meaning the act of the reciter, in which case it is created, because the human being and his actions are created.
As for "the recitation of the Qur'an" with the genitive construction and without the definite article, it is intended to mean two things. The first meaning is reading it, i.e., reading the Qur'an. The second meaning is following the Qur'an. Yes.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"The recitation of the Qur'an in its definition *** with the definite article may mean two things
It means the recited text, which is His speech *** It is uncreated, like the creator of the worlds"
It is not created, like the creator of the worlds. Is the likeness in the phrase: "like the creator of the worlds" for the negated thing, or for the negation? It is for the negated thing, because the worlds are created and the Qur'an is not created. So his saying: "not created, like the creator of the worlds" is a likeness for the created thing, meaning for the negated thing, not for the negation.
"And it is intended to mean the actions of the servants, like their voice ***" It is intended to mean what? By *tilawah*, the actions of the servants. "Like their voice *** and their performance, and both are created"
The voice is known as what is heard, and the performance means the beauty of the recitation. He says all of this is created.
"This is what the Imams of *** Islam, the people of knowledge and recognition, have stated"
As for when it is said "the recitation of the Qur'an," that is different from what Ibn al-Qayyim intended here. When "the recitation of the Qur'an" is said, it divides into two categories from another perspective: it can mean reading it, as Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, those who recite the Book of Allah
إن الذين يتلون كتاب اللهreciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night
يتلون آيات الله آناء الليلSo we now have "the recitation of the Qur'an" and we have "the recitation." *Al-tilawah* has two meanings: *tilawah* meaning the recited text, which is a verbal noun functioning as a passive participle, so what is intended by it is? The Qur'an, which is uncreated. *Tilawah* meaning the act of the reciter, in which case it is created, because the human being and his actions are created.
As for "the recitation of the Qur'an" with the genitive construction and without the definite article, it is intended to mean two things. The first meaning is reading it, i.e., reading the Qur'an. The second meaning is following the Qur'an. Yes.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) says:
"The recitation of the Qur'an in its definition *** with the definite article may mean two things
It means the recited text, which is His speech *** It is uncreated, like the creator of the worlds"
It is not created, like the creator of the worlds. Is the likeness in the phrase: "like the creator of the worlds" for the negated thing, or for the negation? It is for the negated thing, because the worlds are created and the Qur'an is not created. So his saying: "not created, like the creator of the worlds" is a likeness for the created thing, meaning for the negated thing, not for the negation.
"And it is intended to mean the actions of the servants, like their voice ***" It is intended to mean what? By *tilawah*, the actions of the servants. "Like their voice *** and their performance, and both are created"
The voice is known as what is heard, and the performance means the beauty of the recitation. He says all of this is created.
"This is what the Imams of *** Islam, the people of knowledge and recognition, have stated"