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'Taking' a Child

  • philhoraia
  • Jun 5, 2022
  • 3 min read

Updated: Dec 2, 2023

The Quran in a number of places speaks of Allah's being said to have'taken' and not having 'taken' a child.


S 2:116 And they have said: Allah has taken a child. Praise be to him! Rather, his is what is in the skies and the Earth. All are obedient to him.


S 10:68 They have said: Allah has taken a child. Praise be to him! He is the rich. His is what is in the skies and what is on the Earth. You have no authority in this. Do you say about Allah what you do not know?


S 17:111 And say: Praise be to Lah who did not take a child and did not have a partner in the dominion and did not have a protector from vileness. And magnify him with takbir.


S 18:4 And to warn those who have said: Allah took a child.


S 19:35 It was not for Lah that he should take any child. Praise be to him! When he decides a matter he only says to it: Be and it is.


S 19:88 And they said: Al-Rahman has taken a child.


S 19:92 And it is not seemly for Al-Rahman to take a child.


S 21:26 And they said: Al-Rahman has taken a child. Praise be to him! Rather, honoured slaves.


S 23:91 Allah has taken no child nor was there any god with him. Then every god would have gone with what it had created and some would have been lofty over others. Glory be to Allah above what they ascribe!


S 25:2 The one whose is the rule of the skies and the Earth and has not taken a child nor has had a partner in the rule and created everything and made it an estimate.


S 39:4 Had Allah wanted to take a child he would have chosen from what he creates what he wills. Praise be to him! He is Allah, the one, the despot.


S 72:3 And that he, exalted be our lord’s good luck, has not taken a girlfriend or a child.


The author has people say that Allah has 'taken' a child; he denies it. If people had said that, what might they have meant? What might the author have meant when he says that Allah hadn't 'taken' one?


S 17:40 Then has your lord chosen for you sons and taken from the angels females? You say a great speech.


S 43:16 Or has he taken daughters from what he creates and chosen sons for you?


S 12:21 And the one who bought him from Egypt said to his woman: Honour his abode. Perhaps he will benefit us or we shall take him as a child. And thus we gave power to Yusuf in the land and that we might teach him of the interpretation of ahadith. And Allah is victor over his affair but most people do not know.


S 28:9 And Fir’awn’s woman said: An eye anti-inflammatory for me and for you. Do not kill him. Perhaps he will benefit us or we shall take him as a child. And they do not perceive.


Would Yusuf have been fathered by Al-Aziz and Musa by Fir'awn and even by their 'women', or adopted?


It would seem that the author had the notion that Christians were saying that Jesus was adopted. But he also comes out with the following:


S 6:101 The beginner of the skies and the Earth. How can he have a child when he has not had a girlfriend? And he created everything. And he is a knower of everything.


S 21:17 Had we wanted to take a ‘fun’ we would have taken it from us if we were doers.


If Isa was said to be adopted, why does the author introduce the notion of sexual intercourse? Couldn't Allah have adopted? The author in S 39:4 says that had Allah wanted a child it would have chosen from what it creates.Why doesn't the author in the other passages speak of Allah's not having a girlfriend?


The Jalalayn for S 21:17 say:


Had We desired to find some diversion that which provides diversion in the way of a partner or a child We would have found it with Ourselves from among the beautiful-eyed houris or angels were We to do so. But We did not do so thus We never desired it. https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=21&tAyahNo=17&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2


Where might this child be found among 'ourselves'? Perhaps among the thousands of boys that would become perpetual servants?

 
 
 

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