Quoted in a follow-up argument about whether the Quran even allows the hypothetical possibility of Allah having a son.
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Quran 43:81
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81 Say: 'If the All-merciful has a son, then I am the first to serve him.
Invoked to argue that if Allah had a son, that son would be worthy of worship, highlighting a distinction between sons and slaves.
Quoted to test whether the Quran implies that, if Allah had a son, that son would be worship-worthy; used in argument over divine sonship.
Used to argue that, by the Quran's own logic, if Allah had a son then that son would be worthy of worship; the speakers applied this to Jesus' sonship and worship.
Cited by the Muslim panel to reinforce that Quranic sonship language is hypothetical and rhetorical: if the Most Merciful had offspring, the Prophet would be first to worship accordingly, which they used to deny that Allah actually has offspring.