The Qur’an: Divine Speech and the Principle of Bilā Kayf
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- What does “the Qur’an is Allah’s speech” mean?
- Whose origin is affirmed in “from Him it began”?
- What does bilā kayfiyyah indicate?
- What does the revelation to His Messenger affirm?
- What is meant by believers affirming the Qur’an?
- What is the function of bil-ḥaqīqah here?
- What does “not created like the speech of creatures” distinguish?
- Which principle is denied by calling the Qur’an merely human speech?
- What does “this is only human speech” reject?
- What is indicated by “I will make him enter Saqar”?
- What is the difference between divine and human speech?
- Does affirming a divine attribute require a human mechanism?
- What does kayf refer to in this context?
- What caution is required regarding istiwāʾ?
- How is the famous attribution of “istiwāʾ known, its modality unknown” treated?
- What does “as He described Himself” mean?
- What does “one does not ask how” express here?
- What principle is expressed by “pass them on as they came, without modality”?
- Why is divine speech not equated with human speech?
- What is the relationship between the Messenger and the source of the Qur’an?
- On what does the believers’ conviction about the Qur’an rest?
- What error is corrected by bilā kayf?
- Which group of beliefs correctly describes the Qur’an?