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"Allah's nature in Islam is one of absolute power and perfection—He cannot do things that imply weakness, like eating, sleeping, or forgetting, because those are traits of created beings, not the Creator. The Qur'an says, 'Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:255). These limitations don't apply to Him; He's beyond human needs or flaws. Tawhid ensures Allah's oneness includes His complete transcendence over weakness.
In the Trinity, Jesus (peace be upon him) as God is said to eat, sleep, and even die—actions that signal dependence and vulnerability. If God takes on such traits, doesn't that diminish His majesty? How can the all-powerful Creator be subject to hunger or fatigue? In Islam, Allah is free from these—He doesn't need sustenance, rest, or reminders. The Qur'an affirms, 'He is Allah, the One, the Overwhelming' (Surah Az-Zumar, 39:4). His strength is absolute, and that's why Tawhid presents a God who truly matches the perfection we expect of divinity."
Is it impossible for Allah to take on a human form? If yes, then we can conclude that Allah is not God, because an omnipotent deity should be able to become fully human, while still remaining fully divine, if he so wished. God is infinite, which means that he loses nothing by taking on human flesh. There is nothing logically contradictory about this — God, in human form, can experience all the limitations that a normal human can, without this affecting his divine nature in any way. In other words, this argument is based on a naive understanding of God, reminiscent of Greek mythology: it's as if God is coming down from heaven, thus converting his nature into a mortal one, and losing his divinity in the process. But no Christian holds to such a silly notion; the Christian God is not limited in this arbitrary manner, which is what we would expect from the true God.