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In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate,
Praise be to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds
Belief consist of belief in Allah,
His angels, His books, His messengers, the last day, and
belief that the Decree both the good of it and the evil of
it, the sweet of it and the bitter of it is from Allah.
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The Quran is the word of Allah. It came from Him as speech;
it is not possible to say how. He sent it down on his
Messenger as revelation. The believers accept it as absolute
truth; they are certain that it is, in truth, the word of
Allah. It is not created as in the speech of the human
beings, and anyone who hears it and claims that it is human
speech has become an unbeliever. Allah warns him and
censures him and threatens him with fire when He, Exalted is
He, says: "I will burn him in the fire" (74:26). When Allah
threatens with the fire those who say, "This is just human
speech" (74:25), we know for certain that it is the speech
of the Creator of mankind and that it is totally unlike the
speech of mankind.
We do not argue about the Quran and we bear witness that it
the speech of the Lord of the Worlds which the Trustworthy
Spirit came down with and taught the most honoured of all
the Messengers, Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace. It is the speech of Allah and no speech of any
created being is comparable to it. We do not say that it was
created and we do not go against the Congregation (jamaa) of
the Muslims regarding it.
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