What is the difference between the Asha'irah's description of the speech of Allah as "expression" and the Kalbiyyah's description of it as "narration"?
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The questioner : What is the difference between an expression of the speech of Allah and a narration of the speech of Allah?
The Shaykh : There is no difference between them, but the Asha'irah say it is an expression, and the Kalbiyyah say it is a narration. The meaning of expression is that Allah created this sound to express what is in His self, and narration is like an echo. If a person is between mountains and speaks, you find that all the mountains have a sound, narrating the voice of Allah. In any case, all false expressions are bad. And Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : There is no difference between them, but the Asha'irah say it is an expression, and the Kalbiyyah say it is a narration. The meaning of expression is that Allah created this sound to express what is in His self, and narration is like an echo. If a person is between mountains and speaks, you find that all the mountains have a sound, narrating the voice of Allah. In any case, all false expressions are bad. And Allah knows best.