the strange thing is that what prevented him according to his claim from claiming that he is created is that he did not hear that from his predecessors and he knows that he also did not hear from his predecessors that he is not created. and that is not their case but since speech from god is said by them to be like the sound coming out of the stomach and in the manner of separating the letters and using the tongue and lips and whatever is not in this form and description is not speech.
والعجب أن الذي منعه بزعمه أن يزعم أنه مخلوق أنه لم يسمع ذلك من سلفه وهو يعلم أنه لم يسمع أيضا عن سلفه أنه ليس بمخلوق. وليس ذلك بهم، ولكن لما كان الكلام من الله يقال عندهم على مثل خروج الصوت من الجوف، وعلى جهة تقطيع الحروف وإعمال اللسان والشفتين، وما كان على غير هذه الصورة والصفة فليس بكلام.