al-Muhsini: There is no doubt as far as the Aql is concerned - that the Qur’an, by which I mean the Speech of Allah, is temporal and created not eternal. We have expanded on this in our theological work. The prohibition against describing its createdness as found in the reports above can be explained as motivated by the desire to close the door on any inference that it is actually existing externally (as a corporeal object), also to discourage referring to the glorious Qur’an with what (i.e. a term that) has not been established in the Divine Law.It is also to protect people from argumentation and futile debate, for the question of the nature of ‘Divine Speech’ is a famous point of contention, ancient in origin, over which much ink has been spilt, but despite all this it has scarce benefit to it, and is of minimal consequence, and that is because the Ash’aris have asserted a doctrine concerning it that is incomprehensible and lacking any sense whatsoever.