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Az-Zukhruf 81

Ayah 81 of 89 · Meccan

قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ وَلَدٞ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨١

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Only supposing it were so, which it is not.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنIfin
  3. كَانَhadkāna
  4. لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِthe Most Graciouslilrraḥmāni
  5. وَلَدٞa sonwaladun
  6. فَأَنَا۠Then, Ifa-anā
  7. أَوَّلُ(would be the) firstawwalu
  8. ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ(of) the worshippersl-ʿābidīna

Tafsir

O Messenger! Say to those who attribute daughters to Allah, who is exalted greatly from their statement: “If, hypothetically, Allah had a child, then I would be the first to worship that child.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran