Understanding Islam — Page 205
203 another. The Promised Messiah as gives the example of a goat that mates with a she-goat and deposits its seed, or a bull that satisfies its lust with a cow and turns away from it without any thought of a calf that will be born out of it, or a pig satisfies its lust and has no idea that this action would result in the birth of a piglet. Each of these animals does this and is called the “Father” of its young. What is remarkable is that the word abb does not imply that a father has to take any action after dropping the seed. In fact, this word does not even necessarily imply any desire to have progeny, and all that the lexicons say is that a person who drops the seed is called abb, based on this fact alone. In light of this, how can it be possible for us to apply such a term to the All-Powerful God, Whose works are manifested by His perfect actions, knowledge and power? How can the same word which is used in the ordinary sense for a bull and for a pig, should be used in a special sense for God Al-Mighty? It is only some among the Christians who can come up with such arguments and claim at the same time that the Islamic concept of God is impersonal.