The Meaning of the Poet's Statement: "And His Speech is like His Life and His Knowledge," and the Clarification That the Speech of Allah Is Not Created, Just as His Life Is Not Created
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The Shaykh :"And His Speech is like His Life"
We say to these Mu'tazilah and Jahmiyyah: The Speech of Allah is like His Life. Do you say that the Life of Allah is created? They say: No. We say: His Speech is likewise not created, because speech is an attribute and life is an attribute. Speech does not exist except in a speaker, and life does not exist except in a living being.
"And His Speech is like His Life and His Knowledge *** In the One to Whom they are attributed, for they are two descriptions"
So speech is like knowledge, and speech is like life. Why? Because they are two descriptions. Speech cannot be except from a speaker.
We say to these Mu'tazilah and Jahmiyyah: The Speech of Allah is like His Life. Do you say that the Life of Allah is created? They say: No. We say: His Speech is likewise not created, because speech is an attribute and life is an attribute. Speech does not exist except in a speaker, and life does not exist except in a living being.
"And His Speech is like His Life and His Knowledge *** In the One to Whom they are attributed, for they are two descriptions"
So speech is like knowledge, and speech is like life. Why? Because they are two descriptions. Speech cannot be except from a speaker.