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Al-Anbya 26

Ayah 26 of 112 · Meccan

وَقَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ وَلَدٗاۗ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚ بَلۡ عِبَادٞ مُّكۡرَمُونَ ٢٦

And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they1 are [but] honored servants.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Those they claim to be "children" of Allāh, such as the angels, Ezra, Jesus, etc.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saywaqālū
  2. ٱتَّخَذَHas takenittakhadha
  3. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُthe Most Graciousl-raḥmānu
  4. وَلَدٗاۗa sonwaladan
  5. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۚGlorified is Hesub'ḥānahu
  6. بَلۡNaybal
  7. عِبَادٞ(they are) slavesʿibādun
  8. مُّكۡرَمُونَhonoredmuk'ramūna

Tafsir

The idolaters said: “Allah has taken the angels as daughters”. Pure and exalted is Allah from the lie they say. The angels are in fact the servants of Allah, honoured by Him and close to Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran