This is the belief of the Ashaa'irah and the Maturidi.
This is not the belief of ahl al-Sunnah.
This division was an innovation of Abu Hasan al-Asha'ari in an attempt to reconcile between the baatil of the Mu'tazila and the ahl al-Sunnah.
The Mu'tazila held the Qur'aan is created. The ahl al-Sunnah maintained it is not.
When Abu Hasan al-Ashari' left the Mu'tazila that was his first rujuu. And during this rujuu he came up with this bid'ah. The Ashaa'irah themselves acknowledge this bidaah of his. Below is a screen shot of a famous Ash'ari acknowledging this innovated idea.
During his second rujuu, Abu Hasan al-Ashari' retracted from this view of his and joined the ranks of the ahl al-Sunnah.
Abdul-Kareem al-Shahrastani (d. 584H) was from among the later 'Ashaa'irah. He was an important figure among them.
He admits that Abu al-hasan al-Ash'ari broke the Ijmaa and innovated a third saying which was unknown before him.
He says:
فأبدع الأشعري قولاً ثالثاً وقضى بحدوث الحروف وهو خرق الإجماع وحكم بأن ما نقرأه كلام الله مجازاً لا حقيقة وهو عين الابتداع فهلا قال ورد السمع بأن ما نقرأه ونكتبه كلام الله تعالى دون أن يتعرض لكيفيته وحقيقته كما ورد السمع بإثبات كثير من الصفات من الوجه واليدين إلى غير ذلك من الصفات الخبرية
So al-Ash'ari innovated a third saying and passed judgment saying that the letters are huduuth (are not eternal and have a beginning and an end) and this is the
destruction of the ijmaa' (consensus)
And he judged that what we read is only METAPHORICALLY (majaazan) the speech of Allaah's speech only metaphorically (majaazan) not in reality (haqiiqatan) and this is pure innovation.
Why did he not say that the revelation mentions that what we read and write is the Speech of Allaah without (him) delving into its kaifiyyah (how it is) and its haqiiqah (its reality) - just like in the revelation many attributes have been mentioned such as Face, Two Hands and other than them from the sifaat Khabariyyah.
Reference(s):
نهاية الإقدام في علم الكلام
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It is your wish against the Will of Allaah.
That is the test.
If you pass the test, then you get admitted to a place where you get to do what you wish.
That place is called Heaven.
We are not in heaven at the moment. We are in a temporary life. We have wishes here but we must control them so that we can get into the place where we can have what we wish.
That place is called Heaven.
