Is it correct to say that believers are children of God and God is their father, as Christians say?
What Christians say about Allah, by attributing a son to Him, is among the most heinous forms of disbelief. The sacred texts exalt Allah above any resemblance to creation; He is self-sufficient, needing neither a child nor a parent. Among these texts are His sayings: (The heavens are almost torn apart by it, and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son), and His saying: (Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing), and Surat Al-Ikhlas: (Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begat nor was begotten, Nor has there ever been unto Him any equivalent"), and His saying, the Most High: (And the Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?). And in the Hadith Qudsi: "None is more patient in hearing harm than Allah; they attribute a rival to Him, and they attribute a son to Him, yet He continues to provide for them, cure them, and grant them." Allah must be exalted above the description of fatherhood, whether in its literal or metaphorical sense, because Allah's names and attributes are divinely revealed and fixed, and using this term involves resemblance to the disbelievers.
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