The Quran: Created or Eternal with God?

SYNOPSIS The discussion about Gods permanent attributes; the question of whether the Quran was created or eternal is an extraneous matter that has no connection with the Islamic doctrine; Gods attributes of essence and attributes of action; the speech of the soul; the proof of the Asharites in support of the speech of the soul; the imagi‌ nation about the speech before its genesis is alien to the speech of the soul; the speech of the soul-a matter purely speculative.

No Muslim would ever doubt that the Speech of God that He revealed to His Prophet provided proof of his prophethood and evidence for his community. Moreover, no one doubts that that speech is one of Gods permanent-attributes, which are regarded as the attributes of beauty (jamaliyya). God, the Glorified, has described Himself with this attribute in His Book, where He, the exalted, says, "To Moses God spoke di‌ rectly" (Q. ٤:١٦٤).

Influence of Greek Philosophy on Muslim Lives

The entire Muslim community used to believe that the Quran is the Speech of God and that that speech is an attribute of God. There was no disagreement among them regarding these two things, until Greek philosophy intruded into the community and divided it into factions which accused each other of disbelief. Thus, disputes and argumentation turned into fighting and bloodshed. So many were destroyed and so much blood was shed in Islam, and so many innocent lives were taken in spite of the fact that both the killer and the victim acknowledged the oneness of God, and ac‌ cepted the prophethood and the day of judgment as their creed!
Is it not strange that a Muslim would allow himself to violate the honor of a brother Muslim and to kill him, while both of them profess that there is no god but God, alone; that He has no associate, and that Mul;lammad is the servant and Messenger nf God, who brought the truth from Him [cf. Q. ٣٧:٣٧]; and that "God shall raise those