A Beautiful Bond called Friendship
Let us begin by exploring two prominent friendships: God ﷻ and Abrahamؑ : Every reader of the Qur’an would readily appreciate how emphatic and furious God seems whenever there is any allegation or even an allusion to Him having a son or daughter or parent or wife or partner. From about a dozen references that can be cited in this regard, allow me to quote a few: “But they have attributed to Allah partners - the jinn, while He has created them - and have fabricated for Him sons and daughters. Exalted is He and high above what they describe. He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things?” [Surah alAn’am ayaat 100-101] “And they say, ‘The Most Merciful has begotten a son’. You have done an atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation that they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.” [Surah Maryam ayaat 88-91] But have you ever notic