Kabla ya kuibuka kwa Wajitenga, kulikuwepo makubaliano ya jumla kuhusu msingi wa kale kwamba Qur'ani ni maneno ya Mwenyezi Mungu na si kitu kilichoumbwa.332 Hata pale Wajitenga walipokubali imani kwamba Qur'ani imeumbwa, waliificha imani hiyo kwa siri. Hivyo msingi huo ulibaki bila kuvunjwa hadi wakati wa utawala wa al-Rashīd.333 66.1

Before the rise of the Secessionists, there was general agreement on the ancestral principle that the Qurʾan is the speech of God and not created.332 Even when the Secessionists adopted the belief that the Qurʾan is created, they kept it a secret. Thus the principle remained inviolate down through the reign of al-Rashīd.333 66.1

[Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ:]334 Nilimsikia Hārūn al-Rashīd, Amīr wa Waumini, akisema, "Nimesikia Bishr al-Marīsī anadai kwamba Qur'ani imeumbwa. Mungu akimweka mikononi mwangu, naapa nitamuua kwa uchungu zaidi kuliko nilivyowahi kumuua mtu yeyote." 66.2

[Muḥammad ibn Nūḥ:]334 I heard Hārūn al-Rashīd, the Commander of the Faithful, say, “I hear that Bishr al-Marīsī claims the Qurʾan is created. If God puts him in my hands, I swear I’ll kill him more painfully than I’ve ever killed anyone.” 66.2