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

مَسْمُوعٌ بِآذَانِنَا
It is heard by our ears.

When a recitation is heard, the reciter’s produced sound reaches the listener. That sound conveys words and, through them, meanings. Disagreement can arise over exactly which kind of hearing is intended by the phrase “hearing God’s speech.”

One level is perceiving letters and sounds, another is grasping what speech signifies. Conflating them produces the false inference either that every aspect of Qur’anic speech is originated because voices originate, or that a reciter’s voice is eternal because the Qur’an is uncreated.

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Hearing the Qur’an: voice and what is heard

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

مَسْمُوعٌ بِآذَانِنَا
It is heard by our ears.

When a recitation is heard, the reciter’s produced sound reaches the listener. That sound conveys words and, through them, meanings. Disagreement can arise over exactly which kind of hearing is intended by the phrase “hearing God’s speech.”

One level is perceiving letters and sounds, another is grasping what speech signifies. Conflating them produces the false inference either that every aspect of Qur’anic speech is originated because voices originate, or that a reciter’s voice is eternal because the Qur’an is uncreated.