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Al-Mu'minun 91

Ayah 91 of 118 · Meccan

مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٖ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنۡ إِلَٰهٍۚ إِذٗا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهِۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ٩١

Allāh has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have [sought to] overcome others. Exalted is Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. ٱتَّخَذَAllah has takenittakhadha
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah has takenl-lahu
  4. مِنanymin
  5. وَلَدٖsonwaladin
  6. وَمَاand notwamā
  7. كَانَiskāna
  8. مَعَهُۥwith Himmaʿahu
  9. مِنۡanymin
  10. إِلَٰهٍۚgodilāhin
  11. إِذٗاThenidhan
  12. لَّذَهَبَsurely (would have) taken awayladhahaba
  13. كُلُّeachkullu
  14. إِلَٰهِۭgodilāhin
  15. بِمَاwhatbimā
  16. خَلَقَhe createdkhalaqa
  17. وَلَعَلَاand surely would have overpoweredwalaʿalā
  18. بَعۡضُهُمۡsome of thembaʿḍuhum
  19. عَلَىٰ[on]ʿalā
  20. بَعۡضٖۚothersbaʿḍin
  21. سُبۡحَٰنَGlory besub'ḥāna
  22. ٱللَّهِ(to) Allahl-lahi
  23. عَمَّاabove whatʿammā
  24. يَصِفُونَthey attributeyaṣifūna

Tafsir

Allah has not taken a child as the disbelievers claim, nor is there any true deity alongside Him. If there were to be any true deity alongside Him, every deity would take his share of the creation he made and they would dominate one another, causing the order of the Universe to become corrupt. The reality is that none of this has occurred, proving that the true deity is Allah alone. He is pure and holy of what the idolaters describe Him with, namely partners and children which are unbefitting for Him.

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