Favours of the Gracious God — Page 90
90 the word abun , which means father, with regards to God Almighty amounts to disrespect and derision. And those who have concocted the charge against Jesus that he used to address God Almighty as abun and indeed considered the Divine Being to be his father, have lev - elled an exceedingly hideous and false allegation against the Son of Mary. Can any reason suggest that, God forbid, Jesus may have committed such folly as to use the same word in respect of Allah, the Lord of Glory, which according to its lexical meaning happens to be so insignificant and dishonourable that, in all aspects, it signifies lack of power, weakness, and helplessness? The Son of Mary, on whom be peace, was certainly not entitled to coin his own lexicon; and such lexical innovation which be so absurd that it clearly indicates ignorance. Thus, the lexicon has not extended the scope of meaning of the word abun —meaning father—be - yond this that when the sperm of a male falls into the womb of a female, and that sperm gradually becomes a created entity, not by some power of the agent, but due to the power of another being, then, according to the lexicon, the agent who deposited this sperm is called a father. And the word abun is such an insignifi - cant and dishonourable word that it does not entail any