-
ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 16
promising, and threatening, with a speech from eternity, ancient,
and self-existing.
Unlike the speech of the creation, it is not a sound which is
caused through the passage of air or the friction of bodies;
nor is it a letter which is enunciated through the opening
and closing of lips and the movement of the tongue.
And that the Koran, the original Torah, the original Gospel of
Jesus, and the original Psalms are His Books sent down upon
His Messengers, peace be upon them.
The Koran is read by tongues, written in books, and remembered
in the heart, yet it is, nevertheless ancient, subsisting
in the Essence of Allah, not subject to division and or separation
through its transmission to the heart and paper (by this
he meant that the movement of the reciter's tongue and his
and self-existing.
Unlike the speech of the creation, it is not a sound which is
caused through the passage of air or the friction of bodies;
nor is it a letter which is enunciated through the opening
and closing of lips and the movement of the tongue.
And that the Koran, the original Torah, the original Gospel of
Jesus, and the original Psalms are His Books sent down upon
His Messengers, peace be upon them.
The Koran is read by tongues, written in books, and remembered
in the heart, yet it is, nevertheless ancient, subsisting
in the Essence of Allah, not subject to division and or separation
through its transmission to the heart and paper (by this
he meant that the movement of the reciter's tongue and his