There is no God but He, the Creator of all things.

There is no God but He, the Creator of all things. Then worship Him and He is the Guardian of all things" Sura 6: verses 100-103. "And they say: 'Allah begot a son. Praise and glory be to Him! Nay, to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on the earth, everything renders worship to Him." Sura 2:verse 116. The Qur'an warns us against considering angels and apostles as God's offspring. They are His bondsmen, though admittedly eminent among them.

But by no means may they be considered as His children. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Hud, Saleh, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, Shoaib, Moses Joshua, Enoch, John, Jesus, Mohammed, and the other apostles are like us in so far as they are men and God's servants. He has created them as He has created others. Should those who say that Jesus is God's son mean that God is a father as we are to our children, then their characterisation of Him is improper. God is elevated above such immature fancies.

On the other hand, if they mean something different they should use a different notion to express it, rather than the misleading term "Son of God". 10. The Danger of Comparison (Anthropomorphism) Using such expressions as "Son of God" always involves the danger of the only God, to Whom nothing is alike, appearing to men as a magnified human being living beyond the clouds.

This is the danger of anthropomorphism which is a stumbling block on the path of a correct acquaintance with God, deviating the course of men's thinking. The unfounded and fanciful beliefs of many believers and the weak objections made by many agnostics and atheists are nearly entirely the result of these unfitting ideas which are in turn produced by the anthropomorphising imagination of man.

Believers create in their fancy something they call God and worship this image, and unbelievers considering this product find it an idea without any foundation and thereupon reject to believe in His existence at all. But truly, both are in error. The only God to Whom Islam invites all men to believe and to worship is neither this nor that but far above such false images.

t is for these considerations that one of the primary teachings of Islam is a total abstinence from comparison (anthropomorphism). 11: Islam and The Relation between God, Man and The Universe Islam considers a correct acquaintance with God as being related to a proper understanding of man and universe.