Can God create something greater than Himself, such that if He does not, He is not omnipotent, and if He does, He is not the greatest?
What the communist mentioned is false, for God’s creation of something greater or stronger than Him, or a rock He cannot lift, or God’s creation of one like Him, or taking a son, all of this is impossible for Allah the Almighty, because His power relates to possibilities, not impossibilities. And if we were to assume the occurrence of the impossible, such that God creates one stronger than Him, then the created would be dominant over the Creator, and the Creator would be weak and powerless. The powerless is not a god nor capable. Such talk only comes from one who is ignorant of his Lord and has not appraised Him as He should be appraised. Allah, glorified be He, is the Creator of the Throne and the Footstool, and He is the Most Merciful who rose over the Throne, and He is the Subduer above His servants.
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