Surah Maryam , 19..Epilogue: God has begotten a son ?

Shaykh Muhammad Luhaidan on the closing ayat of surah Maryam, [ 85 - 96 ] ,

DURING THE MAKKAN period, the Qur'an launched a relentless campaign against the idea of God having offspring. This campaign was directed against idolaters and other religious groups who assigned a kinship between God, the Creator, and His creation, human or otherwise. The Qur'an emphasizes that none of God's creation can have the power to supersede or override His power. His creation is subservient to God Almighty

And they say: "The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son!" (88) Assuredly ye utter a disastrous thing (89) Whereby almost the heavens are torn, and the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins, (90) That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son, (91) When it is not meet for (the Majesty of) the Beneficent that He should choose a son."(92). 

This idea is referred to as shirk, or in essence the association of other deities with God in worship. It is a crime which God abhors and will not forgive. God does, however, applaud the true belief in tawhid and rewards those individuals as well as communities who uphold it and build their life on it. "'Lo! those who believe and do good works, the Beneficent will appoint for them love " (96).

Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said:

When God loves a person he would call Archangel Gabriel and say to him, " I love so and so, and you should also love him." Gabriel would then love that person and announce all across the heavens that God loves so and so. All creatures in the heavens would then love that person and he or she would then be granted a higher status on earth.

It has been said that when a man gives up his heart to God, God causes other believers to love him and he earns their affection. God tells Prophet Muhammad: "And We make (this Scripture) easy in thy tongue, (O Muhammad) only that thou mayst bear good tidings therewith unto those who ward off (evil), and warn therewith the froward folk "(97).


" A Thematic Commentary On The Qur'an "
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali






Reflection and commentary by Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda,


ayat  87 - ayat 95

ayat 96- ayat 98

Recap:

47:15    the aim is just one thing.....to become a better 'shariah-compliant person', fullstop.
48:15    the predicament of ilm...
54:00    do I find more sweetness in my prayer or am I the scholar who should be thrown ' head first into hell' ?