The people of Basra inquired about Divine Speech and said ‘Yūnus says that Divine Speech is not created!’ I said to them: ’Yūnus has spoken the truth, Divine Speech is not created. Has the statement of Abī Jaʿfar (a.s.) not reached you when he was asked about the Qur’an ‘is it a creator or created?’ He said to them: ’It is neither a creator nor created, rather it is the Speech of the Creator.’ Thus I strengthened the position of Yūnus. They (i.e. the people of Basra) also said ‘Yūnus says that it is from the Sunnah for a man to pray two units while seated after the final night prayer (i.e. ʿIshāʾ)’. I said: Yūnus has spoken the truth.