The Quran Is the Speech of Allah – The Position of Imam al-Nasa'i

The Qur’an is the speech of Allah. The ruling that applies to the essence of Allah also applies to His attributes. According to the pious predecessors (Salaf al-Salih), there is consensus (ijmaʿ) on this matter. The opponents of the creed of the Salaf, who claim the Qur’an is created, were unanimously condemned by them. In fact, the well-known ruling of the Salaf is that whoever says the speech of Allah is created is a disbeliever.

On this important issue, a fatwa (religious ruling) of Imam al-Nasa'i is also documented. One of his students, the Qadi (judge) of Egypt, Abu al-Qasim Abu ʿAbdullah ibn Abi al-ʿAwwam al-Saʿdi, says: “Al-Nasa'i narrated to us, and from al-Nasa'i it was narrated by Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Aʿyan: I said to Ibn al-Mubarak that a certain man claims that whoever believes that the statement of Allah, ‘Indeed, I am Allah; there is no deity except Me, so worship Me,’ is created – then he is a disbeliever. Ibn al-Mubarak replied: He has spoken the truth. Al-Nasa'i said: This is also my creed.” [Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 2/700]