Why do people refer to God as "He"?? Who said God is a "He"?
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Since God is not a human being, God does not have a gender or form, and is free from all human attributes – this was made very clear in the Quran. So why did these so-called “scholars” come with the idea of calling God “He”? BECAUSE THEY WERE MEN WHO WANTED TO DESIGN A RELIGION THAT WAS RUN BY MEN FOR MEN. And this is the case with ALL religions, not just Islam.
These male dominated religions have had a profound effect on women's lives up to and including the present day. I don’t think God likes the idea of women being treated as second-class citizens, nor does God the idea of men giving themselves too much credit and acting superior to women, nor does God like being equated with human beings by being called “He”. God is above that and has made all these things clear in the Quran.
I read the Quran, I have studied languages, and I have done much research, and there is absolutely no evidence and no logical reason why we should call Allah “He”. In the Quran, Allah is most often referred to with the pronouns “Hu” or “Huwa,” and although ignorant people often translate these as “him”, I am here to tell you that they can also be translated gender-neutrally, as “it”. This is also true of the feminine equivalent, “Hiya”. Other references include the first person pronoun, and the relative pronoun “ma” (that which), as in the phrase "the heavens and that which created them" (Quran 91:5).
Bottom line, Allah is neither male nor female, and transcends gender. since it is considered blasphemy for Allah to be placed in a human or animal sexual gender category, don’t you think it would be wise to NOT refer to Allah as “He”?
