Editing Sunni Islam (section)

=== Books of God ===
[[File:Historic Quran texts in Old Dhaka.jpg|thumb|Historic Quran of [[Old Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]]]
The Sunnis further believe in the books of God, sent to the envoys of God.<ref name="Tahawi2052">aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī: ''al-ʿAqīda''. 1995, S. 20. – Engl. Übers. Watt 52.</ref><ref name="Aschari29056"/> To them belong the Quran, the Torah, the Gospel and the Psalms.<ref name="Gazali10776"/>

The [[Quran]] is according to Sunni views the speech of God. Who listens to it and regards it as human speech is according to Sunni Creed by at-Tahāwī an [[Kafir|infidel]].<ref name="Tahawi1249">aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī: ''al-ʿAqīda''. 1995, pp. 12–15 – Engl. Übers. Watt 49.</ref> The Quran as the speech of God is sent down by the "trustworthy Spirit"  (''ar-rūḥ al-amīn''; surah 26:193) and taught by [[Muhammad]].<ref name="Tahawi2052"/> God sent him down as inspiration (''wahy'') on his Messenger.<ref name="Tahawi1249"/> The path of God's speech to the community of Muslims is a multi-stage process: God pronounced it, the [[angel Gabriel]] heard it and [[Mohammed]] repeated it, [[Mohammed]] repeated it to his [[Muhammad's companions|companions]], and the [[Ummah]] repeated them.<ref name="IbnGauzi280199">Ibn al-Ǧauzī: ''Al-Muntaẓam fī sulūk al-mulūk wa-l-umam''. 1992, Bd. XV, S. 280. – Dt. Übers. Mez 199.</ref>

As the speech of God, the Quran is according to Sunnism uncreated. The teachings of the creation of the Quran is rejected by Sunnis.<ref name="Tahawi2052"/> Anyone who takes this teaching is regarded as an unbeliever.<ref>al-Ašʿarī: '' [[al-Ibāna ʿan uṣūl ad-diyāna]] ''. P. 10. – Engl. Transl. 51.</ref> The Quran is recited with the tongue, written into books and memorized by the heart, but remains the uncreated speech of God, because it is individable and can not be split by the transmition from heart to paper.<ref name="Gazali10776"/> [[At-Tahāwī]] specifies that the Quran is not created like human speech. Rather, it came from God in an unexplained way as a word (''qaul'').<ref name = "Tahawi1249" /> [[Ibn Taymīya]] explains that the Quran originated from God and will return (sc. At the end of times) too.<ref>Ibn Taimīya: '' al-ʿAqīda al-Wāsiṭīya ''. 1999, p. 89. – German transl. Wein p. 86.</ref>