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Khalq-e-Quran

ख़ल्क़-ए-क़ुरान
said KHALQ-e-qu-RAAN
also written: khalq al-quran
Meaning

The historic theological dispute over whether the Quran is created or eternal.

See it in the verse

Khalq-e-Quran in Iqbal’s couplets

Khud badalte nahin Quran ko badal dete hain
Hue kis darja faqeehan-e-haram be-taufeeq
They will not change themselves, so they reinterpret the Quran instead — how utterly bereft of grace the jurists of the sanctuary have become.
Justice · Awakening · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Kalaam-ullah

The Speech of God; a title of the Quran as God's uncreated word.

ARABIC

Mutazila

A rationalist school of theology holding the Quran created and reason a source of moral truth.

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