Is the creed, based on the belief that Allah spoke the Qur'an with both voice and letter, and by the apparent meanings of the texts, such as His saying to Moses: "Put off thy shoes: for thou art in the sacred valley, Tuwa," without delving into whether this speech was with letters or not, a sound Sunni creed?
The belief of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah is that Allah Almighty speaks whenever He wills, with a voice and letters that are heard by those near and far. He spoke to Moses, peace be upon him, with a voice that does not resemble the voices of creatures, and that is why Moses was called "Kalim Allah" (the one to whom Allah spoke directly). The prophetic hadiths confirm that the angels submit to the word of Allah, which is heard like the sound of a chain on a rock, and that Allah will call out on the Day of Resurrection with a voice that will be heard by those near and far. Imams like Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, Ibn Taymiyyah, and others, all agreed that Allah speaks with a voice and letters, and that Moses heard the speech of Allah without an intermediary, emphasizing that the speech of Allah and His attributes do not resemble the attributes of creatures.
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