And we believe that the Noble Qur'an is the speech of Allah the Exalted, that He spoke it truly and cast it down to Jibril, so Jibril brought it down upon the heart of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

The Shaykh :"We believe that the Noble Qur'an is the speech of Allah the Exalted" The Noble Qur'an, and the nobility in the Qur'an includes the abundance of reward in its recitation, the abundance of good in acting upon it, and its beauty, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: which of its beauties? So the Noble Qur'an is described as noble for these three reasons: beauty, and the second...
The student: The abundance of reward.

The Shaykh : The abundance of reward, and the third is the great good that comes from acting upon it. The descriptions of the Qur'an in the Qur'an are many, and we held a competition on them in the past. Are you ready to compete in it now without referring to what came before, meaning by mentioning the descriptions of the Qur'an in the Qur'an, that it is noble, that it is magnificent, that it is great, and so on? Is there anyone among you who is ready for this competition? Yes, on the condition that there is no prize. Yes.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : All right... we start now until this day of the week next. Yes. "We believe that it is the speech of Allah the Exalted, that He spoke it truly" The evidence that it is the speech of Allah is the saying of Allah the Exalted: So the intended meaning of the speech of Allah here is the Qur'an without doubt, and it is not possible to say that the intended meaning is the speech of Allah that is heard from the sky, which this polytheist hears. Never. The polytheist will not hear anything but what was revealed of the Qur'an, and it is not possible to hear the speech of Allah from above the seven heavens, never. So on this basis, the verse is an explicit text that this Qur'an is what? The speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes. "He spoke it truly" and it is not a representation of His speech, as the Asha'irah said. They said that the Qur'an is not the speech of Allah, but it is a representation of the speech of Allah, because speech with them is the meaning that subsists in the self. So we say that Allah spoke it truly and cast it down to Jibril, so he heard it from Allah, and Jibril brought it down upon the heart of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the evidence for this, the evidence that it is the speech of Allah, I have mentioned it to you, and we failed to mention it in the book: This is an explicit text. As for its being brought down by Jibril upon the heart of the Messenger, its evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted: This is evidence that it was brought down from Allah. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) mentioned the heart because it is the vessel of preservation. That is because when a person hears something, what is heard may not go beyond the ears, is that not so? Yes. Perhaps he hears it in his ear, but it does not reach his heart. The beneficial hearing is what reaches the heart. And so He said: Because the heart is the vessel of what? The vessel of preservation. This is Ibn 'Uthaymeen. Why did he say:
The student: Because it is the vessel of preservation.

The Shaykh : Yes, unlike if it were brought down upon the hearing, for a person may hear a thing but it does not descend to his heart. The lam here is for causation. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was, by the descent of this Qur'an, among the warners: That is, in the Arabic language, eloquent, clear, and distinct, by which the meaning is clarified without obscurity. These are the verses of the Noble Qur'an. And the position of the people of the Sunnah and the community (may Allah have mercy on them) regarding the Noble Qur'an is that it is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), revealed, not created, from Him it began and to Him it returns. This is their wording (may Allah have mercy on them). And the meaning of "from Him it began" is that it originated, so it is not from Jibril or from the wind, but from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) it began. And "to Him it returns." They said: "It has two meanings. The first meaning is that it returns to Him at the end of time, when it is removed from the mushafs and the breasts." For the Hour will not be established until this Qur'an is removed from the mushafs and the breasts, and the people will remain without a Qur'an. When will this happen? This will happen at the end of time when people turn away from it. Then Allah the Exalted will protect this Qur'an from being degraded and being in the hands of people who do not give it its due weight. Just as He (Glorified and Exalted is He) will send upon the Ka'bah at the end of time one who will demolish it, because its people, meaning the people of the Ka'bah, do not give it its due weight; rather, sins, disbelief, and shirk (associating partners with Allah) are with it. At that time, He will send upon it this man who will demolish them, whereas the owner of the elephant was not sent upon it and was unable to reach it, and Allah sent upon them birds in flocks: Because Allah the Exalted knows that this House will have a Messenger sent in it and will be filled with the obedience of Allah. But at the end of time, there will be no maintenance after that. So He will send upon it one who will demolish it so that the House of Allah does not remain with a people who do not care about it or take interest in it. So the removal... so the removal of the Qur'an from the mushafs and the breasts is like the demolition of the Ka'bah if the people do not raise their heads for the Qur'an and do not see any harm in its violation, and it becomes in their estimation like a toy. And perhaps they will say, "These are the legends of the former peoples," and the like of that. At that time, it is removed. It is raised. This is the meaning of their saying "and to Him it returns." And it was said that the meaning of "and to Him it returns" is in description, meaning that no one is described as having spoken it except whom? Except Allah. Both meanings are correct. So the meaning of their saying: "From Him it began" is that Allah is the One who spoke it in the beginning. "And to Him it returns" It has two meanings. The first meaning is that it returns to Him at the end of time when it is removed from the mushafs and the breasts. And the second meaning is that it returns to Him in description, meaning that no one is described as having spoken the Qur'an except Allah (Mighty and Majestic).