Re: The Implications of considering Quran the Creator or Created (khaliq or makhlooq)
It was you who used the word khaliq - I don’t use that word to refer to the Qur’an, you did though. Although by the style of your words you believe it is wrong to use it, but note that no one here should believe that either. The false dichotomy is the one where you suggest that because it is not khaliq it must be makhluq and because it is not makhluq it must be khaliq … this is false.
All things that are ghair-makhluq are things that belong to Allah and in turn He is Khaliq.
Ghair Makhluq are the Attributes of Allah (SWT) that are unchanged or affected by the presence of creation. Allah (SWT) is Khaliq despite the existence of makhluq or not. Allah (SWT) is All-Wise, has been All-Wise, and will always remain All-Wise (unchanging). The Wisdom of Allah (SWT) has always been with Him and the Knowledge of Allah (SWT) has never evaded Him and He has never had to learn anything. The Qur’an is from faculty of the Knowledge of Allah (SWT).
Just as our speech is a result of the words we think - yet our thoughts are temporal, therefore our words are created.
Is the Qur’an eternal - yes, life is also said to be eternal in the Hereafter either in Hell or Heaven so you should not have a problem in a Sifat of Allah being eternal if an actual makhluq can also be Sustained by Allah eternally.