Quoted to argue that the Quran rejects even metaphorical claims that people are God’s children, reinforcing the Muslim-Christian contrast over divine fatherhood.
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Quran 5:18
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18 Say the Jews and Christians, 'We are the sons of God, and His beloved ones.' Say: 'Why then does He chastise you for your sins? No; you are mortals, of His creating; He forgives whom He will, and He chastises whom He will.' For to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and all that is between them; to Him is the homecoming.
Used to argue that the Quran rejects Jews and Christians claiming sonship with God in the biblical sense.
Cited in debate over whether the Quran rejects metaphorical divine sonship; used to argue about the Quran's denial of Jews and Christians calling themselves Allah's sons and beloved.
Quoted to show the Quran denies Jews and Christians are God's children; used to contrast Quranic teaching with the Torah's father-son language for Israel.
Used to argue that the Qur'an rejects Jews and Christians calling themselves God's children, which the host contrasted with Deuteronomy 32:6.