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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Daughters of Allah

Why do people think Allah swt has daughters?

I was reading a wiki entry and found out that there is a huge misconception about the following Quranic verses (chapter 53 verses 19 and 20)

19. Have you considered Lāt and ‘Uzzā? أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ ﴿٩١﴾  

20. and Manāt, the third one? وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ ﴿۰٢﴾

Someone wrote on the wiki entry

The subtext to the event is that Muhammad was backing away from his otherwise uncompromising monotheism by saying that these goddesses were real and their intercession effective. The Meccans were overjoyed to hear this and joined Muhammad in ritual prostration at the end of the sūrah.(Note: Since no reference is provided here, I am assuming someone made this stuff up).

But…did anyone read the next three sentence after verse 20?

Chapter 53, verses 21, 22 and 23

21. Are you to have males and He females? أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ﴿١٢﴾  

22. That, then, will be an unfair division! تِلْكَ إِذًۭا قِسْمَةٌۭ ضِيزَىٰٓ ﴿٢٢﴾  

23. These are but names which you have coined —you and your fathers— for which Allah has not sent down any authority. They follow nothing but conjectures and the desires of the [lower] soul, while there has already come to them the guidance from their Lord.

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌۭ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ

The Quran is in no way saying that Allah swt has daughters. It was merely pointing out the foolishness of people who assigned children of specific gender to God.

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