The Eternal Speech according to Sunni Islam, the Mu’tazilah, & the Wahhabi Sect
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Sunnis Islam believes that the Qur’an is the Eternal Speech of Allah ( s.w.t. ). This Speech is an Eternal Attribute of Allah ( s.w.t. ), and is Uncreated. The Speech is not mere letters or sounds, and is not something sequential or divisible into parts, just as Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Attribute of Will is not divisible. The muswhaf of the Qur’an, which is letters and words, expresses some of what is Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Attribute of Speech, as translated into this material realm. The Mu’tazilah say that Allah’s ( s.w.t. ) Speech is letters and sounds that He Brought into existence, not in Himself, because it is impossible that something should come into existence in Him. They also claim that speech can only be sounds and letters. For this reason, they say that Allah ( s.w.t. ) does not have an Eternal Speech, and that the Qur’an is Created. The Hashawiyyah, like the Wahhabis, say that Allah’s ...