Koran 21:26-29

21:26 And they say, “The Most Merciful has taken a son.”

Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

27 They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

28 He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves.

And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.

29 And whoever of them should say, “Indeed, I am a god besides Him” – that one We would recompense with Hell.

Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Koran 21:26-29

Muhammad includes the imperfect words of imperfect others, an interlocutor who is only in Muhammad’s mind, instead of the perfect words of the perfect Qur’an from perfect Allah. This means that Muhammad’s recitation, Muhammad’s Koran, is not from Allah, which means Allah, Muhammad, Islamic doctrine, Islam, and Koran are incoherent and false.

Muhammad spoke about Allah in the third person. This means this passage is not the perfect words of the perfect Qur’an from perfect Allah. Thus, Allah is false, imaginary, and fictional, which means Islamic doctrine and Islam are nonsensical and false.

Notice that the translators here have put “a son” instead of “children”, or better, “daughters”. This is easily noticed by the use of the plurals in the next sentence. In Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 21:26, the scholar’s translation has:

And they say: “The Most Gracious has begotten children.”

Glory to Him! They are but honored servants.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, 21:26

This refers to the Quraysh and their worship of the three daughters of Allah:

Notice that Muhammad presumes they’re real with: “they act by His command.” And continues this with: “they cannot intercede except on behalf of one whom He approves. And they, from fear of Him, are apprehensive.” Recall, that we get to know the names of these daughters from Muhammad himself, in his recitation, of his Koran, with:

53:19 So have you considered al-Lat and al-‘Uzza? 20 And Manat, the third – the other one?

Koran 53:19-20

Thus, Muhammad shows that he thinks these idols are “angels” or “intercessors”, the high-flying cranes:

And as a reminder, the cranes are still in Islam:

Here’s where the local phrase “lower your wing” refers to intercession:

And lower your wing [i.e., show kindness] to those who follow you of the believers.

Koran 26:215

Verse 29 is a condemnation of Muhammad, who presumes frequently to be beside Allah and above Allah, as I’ve pointed out repeatedly, even with this passage:

Muhammad commits shirk with: “We”, “Us” or “Our”, placing Allah as a companion to himself, showing that Allah is incoherent, imaginary, and fictional, and so Islam is incoherent with monotheism, thus Islam is contradictory and false.

For more, see Quraysh Polytheism?

The best replacement for this passage is: “”, the empty sentence.