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"In Islam, Allah cannot be born because He is eternal, without beginning or end. The Qur'an states, 'He is the First and the Last' (Surah Al-Hadid, 57:3), and 'He begets not, nor is He begotten' (Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:3). Being born implies a starting point, a moment of coming into existence, which contradicts the essence of an eternal God. Allah is the uncreated Creator—He exists beyond time and doesn't depend on anything to bring Him into being. Tawhid demands this: He is One, self-existent, and infinite.
In the Trinity, the claim that Jesus (peace be upon him), as God, was born of Mary suggests God can have a beginning. But if God is eternal, how can He be born at a specific time? It introduces a limit where there should be none. The Qur'an challenges this: 'How can He have a son when He has no consort?' (Surah Al-An'am, 6:101). Allah's eternity means He's free from birth or origin—He simply is, always has been, and always will be. This clarity upholds His unmatched sovereignty and perfection."
Jesus being born wasn't a beginning. He just went from who he was before he took on flesh (Angel of Yahweh, the Word) and entered into the world as a human. He still is eternal and always will be.
Surah Al-An'am, 6:101 assumes that having a son must involve a biological process — a consort, sexual reproduction, or physical lineage.
But elsewhere, the Qur'an itself denies that a consort is needed for God to create a son or childlike being, which produces a theological inconsistency:
"She said, ‘How can I have a son when no man has touched me?' He said, ‘So (it will be); Allah creates what He wills.'" — Surah 3:47, cf. 19:20-21
So the Qur'an explicitly affirms that Allah can cause a son (ʿĪsā) to be born without a consort — directly contradicting the logic of 6:101.
If Allah's creative power can produce a son without a mate, why is it "impossible" for God to have a Son without a consort in 6:101?
The Qur'an also calls Jesus "His Word, which He cast into Mary" 4:171.
If Allah's creative command "Be" (كُن) can bring about a son (ʿĪsā) without a partner, then the objection "He has no consort" 6:101 is invalid even by Qur'anic reasoning.
Thus, the Qur'an simultaneously affirms:
That's a contradiction in logic. In Christian theology:
So Christianity maintains both God's eternality and His revelation in time without contradiction.