God the Father

=== Islam ===
{{Main|God in Islam}}
Unlike in Judaism, the term "father" is not formally applied to God by Muslims, and the Christian notion of the Trinity is rejected in Islam.<ref name="Hans38" /><ref>Alister E. McGrath, ''Christian Theology: An Introduction'' (12 October 2010) {{ISBN|1444335146}} pp. 237–238</ref> Even though traditional Islamic teaching does not formally prohibit using the term "Father" in reference to God, it does not propagate or encourage it. There are some [[Hadith|narratives]] of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]] in which he compares the mercy of God toward his worshipers to that of a mother to her infant child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sunnah.com/bukhari/78/30|title=Hadith – Book of Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab) – Sahih al-Bukhari - Sunnah.com – Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|publisher=sunnah.com}}</ref>

Islamic teaching rejects the Christian father-son relationship of God and [[Jesus in Islam|Jesus]], and states that Jesus is a prophet of God, not the Son of God.<ref name=Hans38>Hans Köchler, ''The Concept of Monotheism in Islam and Christianity'' 1982 {{ISBN|3700303394}} p. 38</ref> Islamic theology strictly reiterates the [[Tawhid|Absolute Oneness]] of God, and totally separates him from other beings (whether humans, angel or any other holy figure), and rejects any form of [[Dualistic cosmology|dualism]] or Trinitarianism. Chapter 112 of the Quran states:
{{quote|Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is God—One ˹and Indivisible˺; God—the Sustainer ˹needed by all˺. He has never had offspring, nor was He born. And there is none comparable to Him.”|{{qref|112|1–4|c=y}}}}