LessonsThe Uncreated Qur’an: Divine Speech, Wording, Meaning and AttributionQuiz

One reciter reads in the morning and another in the evening. Their voices arise at different times and cease. Likewise, written words appear on particular sheets at particular times; the paper and ink are created things.

Recitation is the reader’s act. Writing is an act and a material inscription. Audible sound is an event perceived through hearing. Their temporal character is distinct from the eternity attributed to divine speech.

A genuine attribution of the Qur’an to God does not transfer every material feature of its created medium to the eternal attribute that the medium signifies.

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Temporal recitation, listening and writing

The Uncreated Qur’an: Divine Speech, Wording, Meaning and Attribution

One reciter reads in the morning and another in the evening. Their voices arise at different times and cease. Likewise, written words appear on particular sheets at particular times; the paper and ink are created things.

Recitation is the reader’s act. Writing is an act and a material inscription. Audible sound is an event perceived through hearing. Their temporal character is distinct from the eternity attributed to divine speech.

A genuine attribution of the Qur’an to God does not transfer every material feature of its created medium to the eternal attribute that the medium signifies.