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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

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بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ صَٰحِبَةٌۭ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿١٠١

Translation (Sahih International)

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

بَدِيعُbadīʿuOriginator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يَكُونُyakūnucan be
لَهُۥlahufor Him
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna son
وَلَمْwalamwhile not
تَكُنtakun(there) is
لَّهُۥlahufor Him
صَـٰحِبَةٌۭ ۖṣāḥibatuna companion
وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He created
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢ ۖshayinthing
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Meaning of Badi`بَدِيعُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ(He is the Badi` of the heavens and the earth) Meaning He originated, created, invented and brought them into existence without precedence, as Mujahid and As-Suddi said. This is why the word for innovation - Bid`ah - comes from it, because it is something that did not have a precedence. أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهُ صَـحِبَةٌ(How can He have children when He has no wife) for the child is the offspring of two compatible spouses.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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