There is no doubt that God has absolute power in creation. He creates whatever He wants and however He wills. He usually creates a creature from its own kind, and sometimes from a different kind, as He created the she-camel of Salih (peace be upon him) from a rock, and sometimes from the four elements, as He created Adam from water, air, fire, and earth without a father and mother, and as He created Eve from Adam's rib. He created Jesus from a mother without a father. He continued to create the offspring of Adam and his children from a father and a mother. Glory be to Him, how great His...