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"It's not befitting of Allah's majesty to become a human, as that would mean lowering His infinite, perfect nature to the level of His creation. In Islam, Allah is exalted above all—He is the Creator, not the created. The Qur'an says, 'Glorified is your Lord, the Lord of might, above what they attribute to Him' (Surah As-Saffat, 37:180). For God to take on human form, with its weaknesses like hunger, pain, or mortality, contradicts His transcendence and grandeur. Tawhid upholds that Allah is One, unique, and unmatched—far beyond resembling anything in existence.
In the Trinity, the claim that God became Jesus (peace be upon him), a man who walked, ate, and suffered, doesn't suit the dignity of the Almighty. Why would the Lord of all worlds limit Himself to a frail body? The Qur'an challenges this: 'They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal. Indeed, Allah is the Exalted in Might, the Exalted in Honor' (Surah Al-Hajj, 22:74). Allah remains above such human traits, preserving His supreme status. Islam honors Him as He deserves—unchanging, eternal, and never stooping to the level of His servants."
You are right, it is not befitting the creator of the universe to enter into physical reality and come as a lowly servant. Yet God chose to because of his great love for us. He humbled himself to even the point of death for our sake because of his great love for us. He is the perfect judge. He will not show favoritism or sacrifice his justice for mercy. So God, knowing the cost, became a man, lived in weakness and struggle, and lived the perfect life that we can't. Then chose to give up his life as the sacrifice to redeem us from a debt of sin we can't possibly pay. There is no amount of good works that could redeem us from our sin because our sin is THAT evil compared to the standard of a good and holy God. So God takes on our debt, replacing our dirtiness and sin with his goodness and righteousness.
We do not deserve this but he did it out of his great love for us.