Maturidis Believe the Quran is Created
Abu’l-Yusr al-Bazdawi (d.493), a major Maturidite, said in his book Usul al-Din:
The Speech of Allah, the Exalted, is present with Him, and likewise the speech of every speaker.
And these Surahs which have an ending and beginning, countability and parts:
It is not the Speech of Allah, the Exalted, literally.
Rather, it is composed (manzûm), Allah the Exalted composed it. And it signifies the Speech of Allah, the Exalted, like the manzûm of Imru’l-Qays..
The manzûm of Imru’l-Qays signifies his speech, but it is not his speech. Likewise, the sermon of each preacher and the message of each messenger is manzûm, signifying his speech but it is not his actual speech like this..
So the Nazm of the Qur’an, or composition, is not Allah’s Speech. Just like the composition of Imru’l-Qays, the famous king-poet, is not his speech. The Qur’an simply signifies (dâl is the Arabic expression through which the Maturidites strayed away) the eternal Speech of Allah, it is NOT His Speech.
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