LessonsThe Qur’an: Divine Speech and the Principle of Bilā KayfQuiz

وَمَنْ سَمِعَهُ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الْبَشَرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ
Whoever hears it and claims it to be the speech of a human has disbelieved.

The statement concerns a denial of the divine origin of the Qur’an. Calling Allah’s revealed speech a human composition rejects its true source.

Speech of Allah and human speech are not interchangeable descriptions.

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Treating the Qur’an as human composition

The Qur’an: Divine Speech and the Principle of Bilā Kayf

وَمَنْ سَمِعَهُ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الْبَشَرِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ
Whoever hears it and claims it to be the speech of a human has disbelieved.

The statement concerns a denial of the divine origin of the Qur’an. Calling Allah’s revealed speech a human composition rejects its true source.

Speech of Allah and human speech are not interchangeable descriptions.