If john 3:16 is the central message to the Bible I was wondering what is the central message of the Quran? So I ask a Muslim friend of mine from the local Muslim Centre in Cape Town SA the question and he quickly responded with Surah (Chapter) 112. Which reads:-
“Say: He, Allah, is One,"
“Allah, the Eternal,"
“He begets not, nor is He begotten,"
“And there is none like unto Him.”
The oxford English dictionary defines beget as “cause to bring into existence by reproduction or cause something to exist, bring about. For example – violence begets violence or he died without begetting an heir. Clearly from this definition we must accept that God spoke and caused His creation into begin (Genesis 1) and did not run around making love in the blackness off space in order to create the world as we know it.
With this understanding Surah 112 then says that Allah is the One True eternal god who cannot beget (cause something to exist) and is simply just there, a one of a kind blob in space.
So then according to the Quran who created the world as we know it?
As a central message to the world I find it a bit weak and pointless.
Love to hear your comments.
“Say: He, Allah, is One,"
“Allah, the Eternal,"
“He begets not, nor is He begotten,"
“And there is none like unto Him.”
The oxford English dictionary defines beget as “cause to bring into existence by reproduction or cause something to exist, bring about. For example – violence begets violence or he died without begetting an heir. Clearly from this definition we must accept that God spoke and caused His creation into begin (Genesis 1) and did not run around making love in the blackness off space in order to create the world as we know it.
With this understanding Surah 112 then says that Allah is the One True eternal god who cannot beget (cause something to exist) and is simply just there, a one of a kind blob in space.
So then according to the Quran who created the world as we know it?
As a central message to the world I find it a bit weak and pointless.
Love to hear your comments.