His spiritual parenthood to any soul or spirit is also...

His spiritual parenthood to any soul or spirit is also inconceivable if it means other than being the Creator of that soul or spirit. There is no conceivable relation between God and any other being other than the relation between the Creator and His creature. Otherwise, the other being will be independent from God, and he will be His partner. Now, if the ascribed son is united with God, the case will be as if I state that my son and I are one.

If such a statement were true, I would be the father of myself, because I am my own son. And my son would be the son of himself, because he is I. Thus, God would be the father of Himself, and His son would be the son of himself. God is not, and cannot be, the father of any living or non-living being if fatherhood is used for its true meaning.

If the word is used in its figurative sense, to mean that God is as compassionate to His living creature as a father, then He will not only be the father of one person but the father of all mankind. And this is what can be understood from the Christian prayer, “Our father, Thou art in Heaven…” But even this figurative usage of the word is repugnant to Islam because it is misleading and confusing to the people. Muslims, therefore, do not use it.

Wilson : Your statement indicates that the Muslims do not believe in the divinity of Jesus. Do you have any clear evidence against his divinity? Chirri : You do not need to disprove the divinity of Jesus or Muhammad or any other human being. But if you claim the divinity of anyone besides God, you need to prove your claim. If someone claims that you are an angel, he has to prove it. I do not need to prove that you are a man because you appear as a man and have all the attributes of a man.

The one who claims that you are an angel is supposed to prove what he claims, because his claim is contrary to the common sense and to what appears as the actual fact. When a person says that Jesus or Muhammad is a man, and not a God, he agrees with the accepted definition. Jesus lived like a man, looked like a man, slept as a man, ate as a man, and was persecuted like one. None of these facts need proof. This is not the case with the one who claims his divinity.

His claim is opposed to the common knowledge. Therefore, he, and no one else, has to provide the evidence for his claim. Although the Muslims are not supposed to provide any evidence for the denial of the divinity of Jesus, they can present more than one evidence: Jesus was a worshipper.