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Az-Zumar 4

Ayah 4 of 75 · Meccan

لَّوۡ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدٗا لَّٱصۡطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ ٱلۡقَهَّارُ ٤

If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refer to footnotes in 12:39.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّوۡIflaw
  2. أَرَادَAllah (had) intendedarāda
  3. ٱللَّهُAllah (had) intendedl-lahu
  4. أَنtoan
  5. يَتَّخِذَtakeyattakhidha
  6. وَلَدٗاa sonwaladan
  7. لَّٱصۡطَفَىٰsurely, He (could) have chosenla-iṣ'ṭafā
  8. مِمَّاfrom whatmimmā
  9. يَخۡلُقُHe createsyakhluqu
  10. مَاwhatevermā
  11. يَشَآءُۚHe willedyashāu
  12. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖGlory be to Himsub'ḥānahu
  13. هُوَHehuwa
  14. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  15. ٱلۡوَٰحِدُthe Onel-wāḥidu
  16. ٱلۡقَهَّارُthe Irresistiblel-qahāru

Tafsir

If Allah wanted to take a son, as the idolaters claim, and Allah is far above from what they say - He would have chosen whom He wants from His creation and taken him as a child. Pure and exalted is He from what these idolaters say. He is One in His essence, attributes and actions, having no partner in them, Subduer of all His creation.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran