152 Preface وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُم لَكاذِبونَYusuf Ali“God has begotten children"?1 but they are liars!Any attribution to God of ideas derogatory to His Oneness and His supreme height above all creatures is likely to degrade our own conception of God’s Universal Plan, and is condemned in the strongest terms.