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"The Creator cannot create Himself because that would mean He has a beginning, which contradicts His eternal nature. In Islam, Allah is the uncaused Cause—He exists without origin or dependency. The Qur'an says, 'He is the First and the Last' (Surah Al-Hadid, 57:3), meaning He has always been, never brought into being. If Allah created Himself, it implies He didn't exist before, which is illogical for the One who brings all else into existence. Tawhid demands that Allah is One and self-existent, beyond the need for creation or self-generation.
In the Trinity, the idea that God the Son was begotten or took on human form suggests a kind of self-creation or change—God becoming something new. But the Creator can't be His own product; it defies reason. The Qur'an challenges such notions: 'How can He have a son when He has no consort? He created all things' (Surah Al-An'am, 6:101). Allah's role as Creator sets Him apart—He makes, He doesn't become. This clarity reinforces His absolute power and eternal oneness, free from the limits of being created."
This argument rests on a straw-man: no Christian believes that God created himself at any point in time. The relationship between the father and the son is not biological nor temporal — it's a constant and eternal process, whose logical necessity only reveals itself by thinking below surface-level: if God were truly just one, then he would be dependent upon his own creation to express himself; love can't logically exist in solitude. Only by being a trinity can God be truly self-sufficient and fully express himself eternally; something that is entirely impossible for tawhid.