How will the Qur'an come in the form of a man on the Day of Resurrection, despite it being the uncreated speech of Allah?
Several texts indicate that the Quran will come on the Day of Judgment as an intercessor for its companions, such as the hadith narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Majah from Abdullah ibn Buraydah, from his father: "The Quran will come on the Day of Judgment like a pale man, and it will say to its companion: 'I am the one who kept you awake at night and made you thirsty in the midday heat.'"
Scholars have indicated that "the coming of the Quran" refers to the coming of the reward for its recitation and the servant's عمل (action/practice) according to it, and not the Quran itself (which is an attribute of the Lord, the Exalted). As Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah explained, Allah creates a form from righteous deeds that He shapes. This does not mean that the very sayings and actions of the servants are in the form of a man; rather, it is Allah's creation of a tangible form for the reward.
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