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Yunus 68

Ayah 68 of 109 · Meccan

قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖ هُوَ ٱلۡغَنِيُّۖ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ إِنۡ عِندَكُم مِّن سُلۡطَٰنِۭ بِهَٰذَآۚ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٦٨

They1 have said, "Allāh has taken a son." Exalted is He; He is the [one] Free of need. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. You have no authority2 for this [claim]. Do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The Christians and others.

2 Or "evidence."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالُواْThey sayqālū
  2. ٱتَّخَذَAllah has takenittakhadha
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah has takenl-lahu
  4. وَلَدٗاۗa sonwaladan
  5. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖGlory be to Himsub'ḥānahu
  6. هُوَHehuwa
  7. ٱلۡغَنِيُّۖ(is) the Self-sufficientl-ghaniyu
  8. لَهُۥTo Him (belongs)lahu
  9. مَاwhatevermā
  10. فِي(is) infī
  11. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  12. وَمَاand whateverwamā
  13. فِي(is) infī
  14. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚthe earthl-arḍi
  15. إِنۡNotin
  16. عِندَكُمyou haveʿindakum
  17. مِّنanymin
  18. سُلۡطَٰنِۭauthoritysul'ṭānin
  19. بِهَٰذَآۚfor thisbihādhā
  20. أَتَقُولُونَDo you sayataqūlūna
  21. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  22. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  23. مَاwhatmā
  24. لَاnotlā
  25. تَعۡلَمُونَyou knowtaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Some of the idolaters said, ‘Allah has taken the angels as daughters’. Allah is free of their statement. He, may He be glorified, is Self-sufficient and is not in need of any of His creation. The control of whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His. You, O idolaters, do not have any proof for this statement of yours. Are you saying such a serious statement about Allah – by attributing a child to Him – even though you do not know the reality of this and you have no proof?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran