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What Does "Son of God" Mean?
What does the expression “Son of God” mean exactly?
What do we understand by that?
Has God,
fathered a child?
Astafurullah!!
Too great is Allah,
elevated,
Allah’ ta’la,
he’s above all such things,
and indeed he has taken to himself no consort,
no spouse,
no wife,
it is almost blasphemous,
to even think in those terms.
And the Qu’ran is right in saying such a thing,
and we do agree with it FULLY.
– those of us who are followers of Isa Masih,
have no qualms with this,
no quarrel at all,
with that statement,
Makhtalafta,
We are not in disagreement,
quite the opposite.
For the testimony of the previous scriptures is that indeed,
Allah does not beget a child like a man begets a child,
with a woman.
That is not,
what the Scriptures teach.
The concept of SON first appears in the testimony of Nabi Dawood,
In the very second chapter of the Psalms,
of the Zabur,
we are told of a special designation which is given,
to the person whom Allah has chosen to represent him
to be a king over Israel,
and in some sense,
establishes him as his caliph.
And in speaking about that person,
particularly in verse seven,
he says today,
today,
I have made you my son.
For in the culture of that day,
when a great king is speaking and relating to
one of his subservient kings,
one of his representatives,
ruling a part of his kingdom,
he would speak of that individual,
not only as his servant,
and even would allow him the word ”LORD”,
but,
oftentimes,
the relationship of the great king,
to that other king is described
as a relationship of “FATHER” to Son,
of son to father.
And what comes out in this Psalm,
is three concepts put in one:
He is Masih,
he is anointed,
I have anointed you as king.
You are KING,
you’re my representative,
you’re the caliph.
And ,
furthermore,
you are called SON.
You have a special relationship.
All three,
put in one.
MESSIAH,
KING,
SON.
In the Qur’an,
for example in suratul mumenin,
in ayah ninety one,
we are clearly exhorted,
to,
understand that no,
Allah did NOT beget any son.
NO SON,
did Allah beget.
And then it goes on to explain why in other passages for example it tells us it’s because,
“who is it that has given him a consort,
a spouse?
There are two words for Son in Arabic.
One is ibn; and the other is walad:
‘Ibn’ is the broader term which often can have a figurative,
non-biological meaning.
The Qur’an itself uses this term figuratively
in surat Baqara and ayat 215,
where travelers are called
ibn-alssabeeli,
or “sons of the road”.
So this term ibn the correct Arabic translation
of the concept of “Son” used of Jesus in the Bible,
whereas ‘Walad’ denotes a son born of *** relations,
rather like the English term “offspring.
This is the term of relationship,
walad,
which the Qur’an forbids,
for unlike “ibn” “walad” means biological offspring.
And when we actually analyse the verses,
it becomes clear that the concept of “son” which the Qur’an is denying
is not what the Injil teaches
but rather some blasphemous notion
that Allah took a wife and produced a physical son,
astafurullah!
And so there is no disagreement
between the Injil and the Qur’an on this.
It is one and the same.
That it is speaking of here not physicality,
for that is forbidden,
but speaking of a special relationship.