they said god made abraham peace be upon him a father to those who did not give birth to him just as he made him a father to those who gave birth to him and he made the wives of the prophet the mothers of the believers even though they did not give birth to any of them and he made the neighbor the father of those who did not give birth to him in a statement other than this many of which we have mentioned in their place.
قالوا وقد جعل الله إبراهيم عليه السلام أبا لمن لم يلد كما جعله أبا لمن ولد، وجعل أزواج النبي أمهات المؤمنين ولم يلدن منهم أحدا، وجعل الجار والد من لم يلد، في قول غير هذا كثير قد أتينا عليه في موضعه.