The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 146
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 146 say, it accepted a difference in their scope, but the ‘father’ and the ‘son’ were one in character. As this was a latent form of idolatry, the Perfect Book—namely, the Holy Qur’an —did not permit this kind of nomenclature. It was permissible for the Jews who were in a crude state, and Yas u ‘, in following them, employed it in his discourses. Hence, there are many places in the Gospel where such references are made that you should show mercy like God, become a peacemaker like God, and, like God, be kind to your enemies as you are to your friends; you shall then be called ‘the sons of God’, for your works will mirror His. The only difference would be that God is Great like a Father, and you are small like a son. Thus, this teaching was actually taken from the scriptures of the Israelites. That is why, even to this day, the Jews object that this is stealing and plagiarism and these things were written in the Gospel having been stolen from the Bible. In any case, firstly, this is a flawed teaching; and, secondly, ‘son’ in this sense has nothing to do with personal love. (2) The second kind of ‘son’ mentioned in the Gospel is the absurd statement like in John chapter 10 verse 34. In this verse everyone in this world, no matter how impious he is, has been made not only son but god, and the argument given is that scrip- tures cannot be false. In other words, the Gospel adopted a word that was well known among its people by following their exam- ple. Besides, the notion that God should be called ‘father’ is itself wrong, and who could be more ignorant and disrespectful than the one who applies the word ‘father’ to Almighty God? I have, by the grace of God, already dealt with this question at length in the book Minanur-Ra h m a n , which will prove to you that it is extremely vile and foul to apply the term ‘father’ to God Almighty. This is why the Noble Qur’an, in order to help people