(90–92) “Rather, We have brought them the truth, but they are indeed liars. Allah has never taken any child, nor has there ever been any god alongside Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have prevailed over others. Glory be to Allah, far above what they ascribe to Him. Knower of the unseen and the seen, exalted is He above what they associate with Him.”
Allah says: Rather, We have brought these deniers the truth, which contains truthfulness in its reports and justice in its commands and prohibitions. Why, then, do they not acknowledge it, when it is most deserving of being followed? They have nothing with which to replace it except lies and injustice. Hence He said: “But they are indeed liars.”
The falsity of their claim that “Allah has taken a child” or that there is another god alongside Him is known through what Allah and His messengers have stated, as well as through sound reason. Allah therefore drew attention to the rational proof that the existence of two gods is impossible, saying: “Otherwise”—that is, if there were other gods alongside Him, as they claim—“each god would have taken away what he had created.” In other words, each of the two gods would have set himself apart with his own creations and exercised independent control over them, while striving to resist and overcome the other. “And some would have prevailed over others.” Whichever prevailed would then be the true God. Otherwise, if they mutually thwarted one another, the universe could not exist, nor could it conceivably possess this order that astounds the mind.
Consider the sun, the moon, the fixed stars, and the moving planets. Ever since they were created, they have continued according to one system and one order. All are subjected by power and governed with wisdom for the benefit of creation as a whole; their benefits are not confined to one rather than another. You will never find in them any flaw or contradiction, nor the slightest conflict in any of their movements. Is it conceivable that all this could be the ordering of two gods—two lords?
“Glory be to Allah, far above what they ascribe to Him.” By the silent testimony of their state and their wondrous forms, all these proclaim that the One who governs them is one God, perfect in His names and attributes. All created beings are utterly dependent upon Him, both upon His lordship over them and upon His divinity. Just as they can neither exist nor endure except through His lordship, they can have neither well-being nor stability except by worshipping Him and devoting obedience to Him alone.
He therefore drew attention to the greatness of His attributes by citing one example: His all-encompassing knowledge. He said: “Knower of the unseen”—that is, all that lies beyond our sight and knowledge, including all that is necessary, impossible, or possible—“and the seen,” meaning what we witness of those things. “Exalted is He”—that is, He is high and magnificent—“above what they associate with Him”: one who possesses no knowledge except what Allah has taught him (1).