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Otherwise, whenever the Qur'an attributes the “word” to Allah, it means speech and saying. For example: and there is none to change the words of Allah (6:34) . there is no changing the words of Allah (10:64). and Allah desired to manifest the truth of what was true by His words (8:7) . Surely those against whom the word of your Lord has proved true will not believe (10:96). But the word of punishment proved true against the un­believers (39:71).

And thus did the word of your Lord prove true against those who disbelieved that they are the inmates of the Fire (40:6) . and had not a word gone forth from your Lord till an ap­pointed time, certainly affair would have been…