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of His love and hence they are able to discard an evil nature and achieve a pious one. Therefore, when the saints are called sons of God by the pious, it is meant in a figurative sense only otherwise God is far above having any sons and. He begets not, nor is He begotten. '45. These statements should therefore dispel any such contention that Hadhrat Ahmad as ever claimed to be the son of God. In fact, he stated quite clearly that he was a human being and had been commanded by: 'God Almighty: Say, I am only a human being like you all. '46. He explained the reason as to why this expression 'you are to. Me like My son' had been used in relation to him and stated: 'God is far above having any sons and this expression has been used metaphorically because in this age, ignorant. Christians have deified Jesus on account of such expressions and Divine wisdom demanded the use of an even stronger expression with regard to this humble one so that Christians should realise that stronger expressions than those on the basis of which they deified Jesus as have been used with regard to the followers of the Holy Prophets of Islam. "4 147. The aforementioned statement should conclusively establish that God Almighty had no occasion to bestow this appellation upon Hadhrat Ahmadas except to honour Hadhrat Muhammad sa far above Hadhrat Jesusas whom Christians had literally deified as a physical son of God. Why then should such a Divine act which proposes to establish the superiority of Hadhrat. Muhammadsa be a matter of annoyance to Abdul Hafeez? 45. Ibid. , Tatimmah Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 144; Ruhani Khazain vol. xxii, p. 582 46. Ibid. , Dafa e Balaa, pp. 6/7; Ruhani Khazain, vol. 18, pp. 226/28 47. Ibid. , Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 86; Ruhani Khazain, vol. xxii, p. 89 73