If the divine scriptures are the word of God and not the word of those who conveyed them, then how does it not follow that the statements attributed to humans, angels, or jinn in the Qur’an are not the word of God? And is the answer that God expresses what is within the creature in a better form than what the creature uttered correct?

The Qur’an is the Word of Allah, and it is permissible to attribute it to others, such as Jibreel and the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), in terms of transmission and conveyance. The Qur’an, with its narration of the sayings of humans, angels, jinn, and birds, remains the Word of Allah. Narration is attributed to its speaker and its narrator. Exact verbal conformity is not a condition for the validity of conveying statements; rather, conveying the content and meaning suffices. The variation in wording in Qur’anic stories is due to linguistic artistry and the preservation of meaning, not to a lack of truthfulness.