Is one who believes that God is the Originator and Revealer of the Dhikr (remembrance/revelation) a disbeliever, based on the apparent meaning of His (the Almighty’s) saying: (There comes not to them any Dhikr from their Lord as a Muhdath [newly revealed/originated] except they listen to it while they play)? And His (the Almighty’s) saying: (And there comes not to them any Dhikr from the Most Merciful as a Muhdath except they turn away from it)? And His (the Almighty’s) saying: (Or He brings about for them a Dhikr)? And what is the ruling on one who declares him a disbeliever for that? And who originated the Dhikr if what is meant is the origination of the revelation?

The statement that the Qur’an is "muhdath" (originated/newly occurred) is an innovative (bid'i) statement, even if its utterer affirms that it is uncreated and differentiates between "muhdath" and "makhluq" (created). The intent of Al-Bukhari in the chapter concerning Allah’s saying: {Every day He is in [another] affair} [Ar-Rahman: 29] and {No mention comes to them from their Lord newly originated (muhdath)} [Al-Anbiya: 2] is "ihdath" (origination/occurrence) in relation to its revelation. The meaning of "muhdath" is not that it is created; rather, it is "muhdath to us, muhdath to the servants" or "muhdath among the creation, not with Allah." The intent is that it is "muhdath" to the Prophet (peace be upon him), who came to know it after not knowing it. And "al-muhdath is that which came into existence after not being," whether in its essence or its occurrence to the one with whom it occurred. Just as the meaning in the verse {Perhaps Allah will bring about after that a [new] matter} is the origination of something they did not know. So the Qur’an is ancient from the Lord of Might, "muhdath" (newly occurred) to the earth.

And "adh-dhikr" (the remembrance/the mention) in the Qur’an refers to various things: knowledge, admonition, prayer, and honor, all of which are "muhdath," and interpreting it as one of these is preferable. And His saying, the Most High: {No mention comes to them from their Lord newly originated (muhdath)} is not the "hadath" (occurrence) of creation; rather, it is the occurrence of a matter, referring to the mention of the Qur’an to them, its recitation to them, and their knowledge of it; all of that is "muhdath." So, the mentioned, recited, known (Qur’an) is not "muhdath." And His saying, the Most High: {An Arabic Qur’an, without any deviance} [Az-Zumar: 28] means uncreated. And Allah has distinguished creation from command, as He, the Most High, said: {Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command} [Al-A'raf: 54]. And His saying, the Most High: {The Most Merciful. Taught the Qur’an. Created man} [Ar-Rahman: 1-3], He did not combine the Qur’an with man in creation.

The meaning of "muhdath" is: its revelation is "muhdath," and it is said: it was revealed in a time after a time. And the "muhdath" dhikr here is what the Prophet mentioned and clarified from the Sunnah and admonitions. And the questioner's belief that Allah Almighty is the "muhdith" (originator) of dhikr is an ambiguous and vague phrase, which can bear both truth and falsehood, so it is prohibited. The false meaning is "ihdath" in the sense of creation, while the true meaning is from the aspect of the تعلق (relation) of Allah’s attribute of speech to His will, for He speaks as He wills, when He wills, glory be to Him. And Allah Almighty spoke with the Qur’an by His will after not speaking with it specifically, even if He had spoken with other things before that. So the Qur’an is "muhdath" in this sense. As for the innovators calling it "muhdath" in the sense of created, this is false and impermissible.