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− the pure metaphorical sense in which all mankind are His children. God is Ever-Living, All-Knowing, All-Hearing, the Creator of all, Whose authority extends over everything. To attribute a son, in any but the purely metaphorical sense, to God, would amount to denial of His Unity, and in effect to a denial of His Godhead. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: − PÌÀn»AÓ¯ B¿ É» f»Ë É» ÆÌ¸Í ÆA ÉÄZJm fYAË É»A ɼ»A BÀÃA ( ( ( ê Ð Ð ì ê ä ä Ñ ë ä ä ä ä æ å ì æ ä Ø ä Ð æ å È Ñ ê ì Ñ Ð ê å Õ ä ì ê ~iÜA Ó¯ B¿ Ë ê È æ æ ä ê ä ä inna mallahu ilahuñwwahid subhanahu añyya kuna lahu − − − ± ± − − − − valadum lahu ma fissamawati wa ma filard − − − − − ± Verily, Allah is the only One God. Far is it from His Holiness that He − should have a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. (4:172) The subject of Divine attributes is an extensive one, and the Qur’an − treats it with a wealth of variety and detail. Indeed, each attribute could in itself form the subject of a whole treatise. As illustration of the manner in which the Qur’an approaches and treats various aspects of Divine − attributes, it may perhaps suffice to conclude with the following: B¿ É» ÂÌà ÜË ÒÄm ÊhaBM Ü ÂÌδ»A ÓZ»A ÌÇ ÜA É»A Ü É¼»A ( ( Œ ä ä È Ñ æ ä ä ì Ñ ä ê å å æä ä ô å æ í ä æ í ä æä ä ô å ì ê ä Ð ê ä Ø å Õ ä ÉÃgBI ÜA Êfħ ©°rÍ Ôh»A Ag Å¿ ~iÜA Ó¯ B¿Ë PÌÀn»A Ó¯ ( × È ê æ êê ì ê Ø ä æ ê å ä æ ä æ ê ì ä æ ä ê È æ æ ä ê ä ä ê Ð Ð ì ê ÉÀ¼§ Å¿ ÕÓrI ÆÌñÎZÍ ÜË È°¼a B¿Ë ÈÍfÍA ÅÎI B¿ ¼¨Í ‘ ‘ ‘ × Ø ê æ ê æ éê î æ ä ê ä æ å æ ê å ä ä æ ô å ä æ ä ä ä æ ê æ ê æ ä ä æä ä å ä æ ä BÀȤ°Y ÊeÌ_Í ÜË ~iÜAË PÌÀn»A ÉÎmj· ©mË ÕFq BÀI ÜA ( ô ä å å æ ê å æ Û ä ä ä ä ô æ æ ä ä ê Ð Ð ì å í ê æ å ä ê ä ä ô ä ä ê ì ê Τ¨»A Ó¼¨»A ÌÇ Ë ,‘ å æ ê ä æ í ê ä æ ä å ä 56