The benefits of the verse: "Alif, Lam, Meem. That is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for the righteous." Mentioning the attribute of speech for Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the statement of the people of innovation regarding it, and the refutation of them.
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In this noble verse, it is clarified that the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) consists of letters, contrary to those who say that His speech is the meaning that exists in the soul. We will explain this: The roots of the disagreement in this matter, concerning the Qur'an or the speech of Allah in general, are as follows. First, some said: The speech of Allah is the meaning that exists in Himself, and what is transmitted of His speech or heard is merely an expression of it, not His speech itself, but an expression of it, and it is created.
The second group said: Allah the Exalted does not speak, and His speech is created like His other creations.
Some of them said: Allah speaks with letters and sound, and His speech is not merely the meaning, but His speech is both the wording and the meaning.
The view mentioned before is the doctrine of the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah, and this is the doctrine of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Their doctrine is the truth because the evidence points to it. Allah the Exalted said regarding Moses:[Maryam 19:52] When he was far away, He said: "We called him," because calling is for the distant one. And when he was near, meaning when Allah brought him near, He said: meaning with a voice that is not a call. In the authentic hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 7483 This is a matter in which no person doubts, were it not that disagreement occurred regarding it.
The second group said: Allah the Exalted does not speak, and His speech is created like His other creations.
Some of them said: Allah speaks with letters and sound, and His speech is not merely the meaning, but His speech is both the wording and the meaning.
The view mentioned before is the doctrine of the Mu'tazilah and the Jahmiyyah, and this is the doctrine of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Their doctrine is the truth because the evidence points to it. Allah the Exalted said regarding Moses:
