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              the universe, that nothing can be unless He so wills, and that nobody has
              any power to do anything. Thus, they may have thought of Prophet Jesus
              (pbuh) as the son of God in the same sense when using the term. They may
              have wished to make it clear that our Lord had created all fathers and
              mothers, as well as all sons and daughters, and that He is the Lord of all.
                   Given that parents cannot have a child unless God sets the appro-
              priate causes in motion, He is the One Who creates everything that exists.

              In that sense, mothers, fathers, and their children all belong to God. All
              the entities you see around, living or inanimate, belong to Him. The chair
              you are now sitting in, the building you live in, all cities, countries and
              nations all belong to God. If you see a river, it is God's river. It is His sea,
              His mosque, His church and His fountain. Therefore, all sons and daugh-
              ters also belong to God.
                   Our Lord has no need of a mother, a father, or anything else to bring
              a human being into existence. It is sufficient that He say Be! It is our Lord

              Who created all physical, biological and chemical laws. It is therefore
              also our Lord Who brought into being all the laws and causes assumed to
              be necessary for the creation of a new human being. Almighty God cre-
              ated Mary, as well as all the mothers who have ever lived, and all those
              mothers' reproductive systems. It is God Who brings about each and
              every birth. It is God Who creates a mother and father.
                   Our Lord is unsullied by any flaw, deficiency or need. This is re-
              vealed thus in verses:
                   He has created hearing, sight, and hearts for you. What little thanks

                   you show! He disper rsed you throughout Earth, and you will be gathered
                   to Him. He gives life and causes to die, and His   is the alternation of the
                   night and day. So will you not use your intellect? (Surat al-Muminun:
                   78-8 80)
                   He created you from earth, then from a drop of sperm, then from a
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