What is the difference between saying that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah and saying that it is a report of the speech of Allah?
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The questioner : What is the difference between saying the Qur'an is the speech of Allah and saying it is a report? What is the difference?
The Shaykh : The difference with "expression" is that there is no connection between what is in Himself and what He creates; He may have something in Himself now and create it an hour or two later. "Report" is like the report of an echo. If you are between mountains and you speak, the echo returns to you; this is called a report, and this necessitates that what is heard be immediate.
The Shaykh : The difference with "expression" is that there is no connection between what is in Himself and what He creates; He may have something in Himself now and create it an hour or two later. "Report" is like the report of an echo. If you are between mountains and you speak, the echo returns to you; this is called a report, and this necessitates that what is heard be immediate.