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.
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قُلۡ Say qul إِن If in كَانَ had kāna لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ the Most Gracious lilrraḥmāni وَلَدٞ a son waladun فَأَنَا۠ Then, I fa-anā أَوَّلُ (would be the) first awwalu ٱلۡعَٰبِدِينَ (of) the worshippers l-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
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