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Who made God?

If everything has a creator, who created God?

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The Quran describes Allah as independent of creation and denies that He has a parent or offspring. 35:15112:2112:3

The question treats the Creator as though He had the same description as created things, while the Quran challenges explanations that omit a creator or make people their own creators. 52:35

Quran

Quran 35:15

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

People, it is you who stand in need of God- God needs nothing and is worthy of all praise-Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Quran 35:15

Quran 52:35

أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُونَ

Were they created without any agent? Were they the creators?Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Quran 52:35

Quran 112:2–3

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

God the eternal.Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Quran 112:2

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

He begot no one nor was He begotten.Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Quran 112:3

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