Response to the Beliefs of the People of Innovation Regarding the Speech of Allaah (Part 1)

Follow @AhleDhikr The previous post explained the differences of opinions and arguments used by the people of innovation.

They may be summarised as the following:

1 -If we affirm Speech for Allaah or Talking as an Attribute, then this necessitates He has a head and a body etc. thus likening him to the creation. This is the view of the Jahmiyyah.

2 –Allaah is not the same as His Attributes, thus we must make Ta’weel (an alternative interpretation) to all the evidences that suggests that Allaah Speaks or the Quraan is the Word of Allaah. This is the view of the Mu'tazilah and the later Jahmiyyah.

3 -We cannot affirm the Attribute of speech or talking for Allaah, because our intellects cant perceive that Allaah Speaks with language and a voice. This is the view of the philosophers. 

4- The view of the Kullaabiyyah, Asharees and Mataroodees is that they balance the affirmation found in the text and the arguments above to coin a new belief called Kalaam Nafsee. Meaning Allaah Talks but within Himself, thus avoiding any of the negative presumptions above.

Response by Ahl as-Sunnah to:

The False Idea That Affirming Speech Necessitates A Body for Allaah:

This in reality is Tashbeeh (resembling Allaah to the creation). The very thing they are trying to get away from, they have fallen into!

Meaning, if they claim that the Speaking of Allaah must be like the speaking of the creation, then they have likened Him to His Creation, the very thing they are trying to avoid.

Ahl as-Sunnah affirm that Allaah Speaks in a manner that suits His Majesty and Glory, without asking how or making a comparison to the creation.

In fact, negating Allaah of Speech or the ability to Talk is a deficiency and not perfection for Him, the Glorified.

Ibraheem [Peace be upon him] said to the idols in rebuke:

“"What is the matter with you that you speak not?"” [37:92]

This Aayah is clear that Ability to communicate is a sign of perfection for Allaah, the Most High.

Furthermore, Allaah, the Most High, rebuked the Mushriks of Makkah for not believing in Allaah and His Speech, rather they claimed it to be something created or fabricated. Waleed bin Mughayrah said:

“"This is nothing but the word of a human being!” [74:25]

Thus he turned an Attribute of Allaah to something created, so Allaah told us about the punishment for Waleed:

“Leave Me Alone (to deal) with whom I created Alone!”

To the Aayah

“I will cast him into Hell-fire” [74:11-25]

Finally, matters of the unseen cannot be understood in this world. Allaah, the Most High, describes the rewards of Jannah and the punishment of the Fire, however we cannot perceive this. If this is the creation that cannot be perceived then how about the Creator of All Creation? In fact, even inanimate objects (such as our bodies, skin the earth) will be made to talk on the Day of Judgment:

“This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn.” [Yaasin 36:65]

And,

“That Day it (the earth) will declare its information (about all what happened over it of good or evil).” [as-Zalzalah 99:4]

Next post will be on refuting point number two: Allaah is not the same as His Attributes, thus we must make Ta’weel (an interpretation) and use our intellects to understand the texts