Understanding Islam — Page 203
201 IS ALLAH AN IMPERSONAL GOD? SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, Christian critics of Islam have been arguing that the way God has been presented in the Holy Quran is impersonal as God is not called the “Father”, unlike the Bible. This is a very old allegation that was even being made more than a hundred years ago during the days of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. A Christian presented this argument in a book and the Promised Messiah as responded to him effectively in his book, N ū rul Quran. The Promised Messiah as reasons that the first thing that is surprising about this persistent discussion on the word “Father” is that the critic has not considered what honour and greatness the lexicons have attributed to this word. We must judge every word based on the position assigned to