09-09-2004, 03:31 AM
Bismillah
Look to surah 112:3
"He begets not, nor was He begotten."
This verse seems very clear to me.
Yet let us look at this logically as well. Why do things beget (reproduce)? Do rocks reproduce, or water, or air? They do not need to. They do not live. Most of all, they do not die. Why do living things reproduce? Because they are going to die. If they did not beget, then the species would die. Life would cease. Allah is eternal. Why would He need to perform an action that is only the action of those who will die, an action of those with an end, an action for those who are limited by time? This is why it is not befitting for Allah to beget, most of all though, because He Told us that it is not suitable for His Stature.
Insha'Allah this combined with what others have said helps.
Peace