Clarification that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, revealed and not created, from Him it began and to Him it returns, and the division of the return into physical and conceptual

The Shaykh : He says regarding the Qur'an: "It is the speech of Allah the Exalted, revealed and not created". "Revealed" alone is not sufficient; rather, we say "not created" so that no one might say: "This rain is sent down and these livestock are sent down , and this iron is sent down ." Therefore, we must say "not created" so that no one might say: "Your statement that it is revealed does not preclude it from being created." So we say: It is not created because it is speech, and speech is an attribute of the Speaker. The attribute of a created being is created, and the attribute of the Creator is not created. This is clear. For this reason, the Salaf used to say: "It is the speech of Allah, revealed and not created, from Him it began and to Him it returns". "From Him it began" means that Allah the Exalted is the one who spoke it initially; Jibril did not speak it, nor did Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah spoke it initially. "And to Him it returns" means it goes back to Him. But what is the meaning of "returns" here? Is it a physical return or a legal return? Or does it return physically? Because it will be removed in the end times so that nothing of it remains, neither in the hearts of men nor in the mushafs. This will happen when people turn away from it completely, for it will be taken from their hands, because the Qur'an is too great and noble to remain among a people who do not give it its due weight or trample it under their feet, may Allah protect us from that. Just as, if people turn away from the Ka'bah and degrade it, Allah will send upon it the one with the two shins from the Abyssinians to demolish it stone by stone until he casts it into the sea, if people become arrogant with it and do not give it its due value. Is this a physical return or a conceptual one? It is both physical and conceptual. "Conceptual" means it returns to Him in terms of ruling, in the sense that it is not attributed to anyone other than Allah. It is not said that the Qur'an is the speech of Jibril or the speech of Muhammad; rather, it is the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it returns to Him in terms of attribute and ruling. Do you understand? Because speech is truly attributed to the one who first spoke it, not to the one who conveyed it. So if I say: "Stand still, let us weep for the memory of a beloved and a dwelling", is this poem yours? Or is it for Imru' al-Qays? It is for Imru' al-Qays. And if I say: "Sada bade, and my heart today is scattered", well, this is for Zuhayr, not Ka'b ibn Zuhayr. Ka'b ibn Zuhayr, it is not Zuhayr. So, if we say that this Qur'an is the speech of Allah, it is the speech of Allah, attributed to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And what indicates this to you is that Allah attributed it once to Jibril and once to Muhammad. It is not possible for one speech to be attributed to two people. But it was attributed to them in the sense of conveying it: Jibril conveyed it to Muhammad, and Muhammad conveyed it to his Ummah. Allah the Exalted said: What is meant by the messenger?
The student: Jibril.

The Shaykh : Good. And He the Exalted said: This is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). So, the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, as the author (may Allah have mercy on him) says.