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"In Islam, Allah cannot beget because begetting implies producing offspring, which requires dependency, change, or a partner—none of which apply to Him. The Qur'an states clearly, 'He begets not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him' (Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:3-4). Allah is eternal and self-sufficient, the Creator of all without needing to reproduce or share His essence. Tawhid demands this: He is One, unique, and beyond human processes like begetting.
In the Trinity, the idea that God the Father begets the Son suggests a generation within God, as if He needs to create another divine being. But if God is perfect and complete, why would He beget? The Qur'an challenges this: 'How can He have a son when He has no consort?' (Surah Al-An'am, 6:101). Allah's oneness means He doesn't multiply or divide—He remains singular and absolute. Begetting fits creation, not the Creator. This clarity reinforces Allah's unmatched nature, free from the limitations of parenthood or lineage."
Jesus is the eternally begotten Son of God. He is not created. The term has theological value in that the Father has the supremacy over the Son within the Godhead but not in value or divinity but in role.
Also Jesus is the inheritor of the universe. This gets into the "firstborn" of God. The firstborn child can be the first one to come from the womb but it can also refer to the child which receives the majority of the inheritance. David is called the firstborn son even though he was the 7th. Jesus, then, is the inheritor of the universe but not a biological son to God through intercourse.
Jesus also became a human and was born. Making him a son of Mary. Thus the term can be used in three different ways but none of them imply, nor does the bible teach, that Yahweh had intercourse to create Jesus, the Son of God.