How can the letters and meanings of the Holy Qur’an not resemble the letters and meanings of human speech, while Allah – the Exalted – spoke with the same Arabic letters that are in the Qur’an?

The Quran is the word of Allah, revealed in the Arabic language, with its letters and meanings understood by creation. The letters of the Quran are uncreated, unlike the letters of the speech of created beings. The statement that confused the questioner does not deny that the meanings of Arabic letters and words are the same as the meanings in the Quran; rather, it denies the similarity of Allah's attributes and actions to the attributes and actions of created beings. The speech of Allah does not resemble the speech of created beings, just as His other attributes, such as knowledge, hearing, and sight, do not resemble the attributes of created beings. Ibn Taymiyyah said: Allah speaks with a voice, but it is not like the voices of His servants, for "there is nothing like unto Him" (Quran 42:11), neither in His essence, nor His attributes, nor His actions. So, whoever likens Allah to His creation has committed apostasy, and whoever denies what He has described Himself with has also committed apostasy.