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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 152
The sixth principle: Is that He - the Exalted, the High - speaks
with a speech which is a Self- existing attribute. It is
neither a sound nor a letter; it does not resemble the speech
of others, just as His Existence does not resemble others.
In reality speech is the speech of the self. Sounds were built
into words merely as symbols, just as gestures and signals
are often used to represent the same thing. How then has
this fact not been known by a group of ignorant (theologians)
people while it has been known by ignorant poets (of theology.)
One of them said: "Speech is in the heart; While the tongue is
an indicator for the heart." As for him whose intellect does
neither deter nor restrain him from saying that his tongue
with a speech which is a Self- existing attribute. It is
neither a sound nor a letter; it does not resemble the speech
of others, just as His Existence does not resemble others.
In reality speech is the speech of the self. Sounds were built
into words merely as symbols, just as gestures and signals
are often used to represent the same thing. How then has
this fact not been known by a group of ignorant (theologians)
people while it has been known by ignorant poets (of theology.)
One of them said: "Speech is in the heart; While the tongue is
an indicator for the heart." As for him whose intellect does
neither deter nor restrain him from saying that his tongue