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'Allah gave us speech, as He gave speech to everything.'" (Ch.41:21
Koran) and the conversation which takes place between
Munkar and Nakeer, and in the Balance, the Bridge, and the
Judgement Day together with the debate between the people of
Hell and the people of Paradise when (the former) says: "Pour
upon us some water, or of the refreshments Allah has given
you," and claimed that all this was figurative.
On the other hand some went to the opposite extreme and forbade
(any but the literal interpretation). Among those was Ahmad
ibn-Hanbal who went as far as to forbid the allegorical interpretation
of the Words of Allah "'Be', and it is." (Ch.16:42
Koran). His followers have claimed that these Words were
words of actual speech with enunciated letters and sounds
brought into existence by Allah the very moment He created a
Koran) and the conversation which takes place between
Munkar and Nakeer, and in the Balance, the Bridge, and the
Judgement Day together with the debate between the people of
Hell and the people of Paradise when (the former) says: "Pour
upon us some water, or of the refreshments Allah has given
you," and claimed that all this was figurative.
On the other hand some went to the opposite extreme and forbade
(any but the literal interpretation). Among those was Ahmad
ibn-Hanbal who went as far as to forbid the allegorical interpretation
of the Words of Allah "'Be', and it is." (Ch.16:42
Koran). His followers have claimed that these Words were
words of actual speech with enunciated letters and sounds
brought into existence by Allah the very moment He created a