He—glory be to Him—continually declares Himself free of partners and offspring in His mighty Book, as He does in Sūrat al-Nahl, where He says:

“They assign a share of what We have provided them to things of which they have no knowledge,”

and in the remainder of the verse and those that follow.

He also says:

“Say: Praise be to Allah, who has never taken offspring, who has no partner in His dominion, and who needs no protector out of weakness. And proclaim His supreme greatness.”

And He, Most High, says:

“Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His servant, that he might be a warner to all worlds—He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, who has never taken offspring and has no partner in His dominion.”

And He, Most High, says:

“Say: He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.”

And He, Most High, says:

“They have made the jinn partners with Allah, although He created them, and have falsely attributed sons and daughters to Him without knowledge. Glorified and exalted is He above what they ascribe to Him!”

The jinn said:

“Exalted is the majesty of our Lord! He has taken neither a wife nor offspring.”

When He—glory be to Him—wishes to establish that He has no offspring whatsoever, He does not cite this argument, whose force will not be understood by someone unfamiliar with the arguments in the Quran, and who imagines—he