THE BOOK
BATTLE-GROUND:----- “SONSHIP” OF GOD: ---
Vehemently Condemned by Islam.
...and they falsely, having no knowledge, attribute to him sons and
daughters, praise and glory be to Him! (for He is) above what they
attribute to Him. Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth: how
can He have a son when He has no consort?” ...
(6:100-101 A.Y. Ali).
They say, ‘Allah has taken unto Himself a son. Holy is He! He is self- sufficient. ... (10:69 M.S. Ali).
And they say ”The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.” You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation. That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.” (19:88-92 Saheeh Int.).
If Allah desired to take a son to Himself, He could have chosen those He pleased out of those whom he has created a --- Glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Subduer (of all). (39:4 M.M. Ali).
Commentary on Verse 39:4a by M.M. Ali:
‘We find the Christian doctrine referred to and refuted in very early Makkan revelations, such as the 19th Discourse, which was recited by the Muslim refugees in Abyssinia before the Negus, in or about the fifth year of the Prophet’s mission. The Qur’an refers to the error of attributing a son to the Divine Being almost as frequently as to the setting up of idols. It is pointed out here that no one holds a relation of sonship to Allah, but that it is His chosen servants that are metaphorically called His sons, because in being manifestations of the Divine attributes they stand to Allah in the same relation as a son stands to a father, being images of His attributes as a son in the image of a father.’
My commentary: Ali does not mince words, e.g., “It is pointed out...”. In addition, Verse 6:100, in condemnation of the billions who absolutely accept the “Sonship”, very scathingly states; “[they] ...having no knowledge...” As well, in referring to ‘His chosen servants’ with regard to the notion of Sonship, we must assume that Ali means servants here on earth. Now, if that is so, then to assign ‘manifestations of the Divine attributes’ to them can only mean that they can somehow absorb or work with such manifestations. For the moment we will hold Ali’s interpretation in abeyance and revisit it more extensively further on in more specifically-relevant Discourses.