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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 116

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وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۖ بَل لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥ قَـٰنِتُونَ Qur’an Al-Baqara (2:116)
Waq a loo itakha th a All a hu waladan sub ha nahu bal lahu m a fee a l ssam a w a ti wa a lar d i kullun lahu q a nitoon a
And yet some people assert, "God has taken unto Himself a son!" Limitless is He in His glory!96 Nay, but His is all that is in the heavens and on earth; all things devoutly obey His will.
  - Mohammad Asad
Mohammad Asad

I.e., far from any imperfection such as would be implied in the necessity (or logical possibility) of having "progeny" either in a literal or a metaphorical sense. The expression subhana - applied exclusively to God - connotes His utter remoteness from any imperfection and any similarity, however tenuous, with any created being or thing.

They say: "Allah has taken to Himself a son;" Allah is above such things! Rather, to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; all are obedient to Him.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
They1 say, 'Allah has offspring.'2 Glory be to Him! In fact, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth- all are subject to His Will.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Mustafa Khattab

 The Christians, pagans, etc.

 Jesus in Christianity, the angels in pagan Arab mythology, etc.

And they say: Allah hath taken unto Himself a Son. Be He glorified! Nay, but whatsoever is in the heaven and the earth is His. All are subservient unto Him.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall
They say: "Allah hath begotten a son"; Glory be to Him. Nay to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; everything renders worship to Him. 119
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is a derogation from the glory of God - in fact it is blasphemy - to say that God begets sons, like a man or an animal. The Christian doctrine is here emphatically repudiated. If words have any meaning, it would mean an attribution of God of a material nature, and of the lower animal functions of sex. In a spiritual sense, we are all children of God. And all Creation celebrates His glory. Verse 117 should be read with this to complete the argument.

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