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Al-Mu'minun (The Believers)

Verse 91of 118

مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍۢ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ ۚ إِذًۭا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَٰهٍۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴿٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

Allah 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 Allah above what they describe [concerning Him].

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaAllah has taken
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has taken
مِنminany
وَلَدٍۢwaladinson
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانَkānais
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith Him
مِنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍ ۚilāhingod
إِذًۭاidhanThen
لَّذَهَبَladhahabasurely (would have) taken away
كُلُّkullueach
إِلَـٰهٍۭilāhingod
بِمَاbimāwhat
خَلَقَkhalaqahe created
وَلَعَلَاwalaʿalāand surely would have overpowered
بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
عَلَىٰʿalā[on]
بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍinothers
سُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory be
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(to) Allah
عَمَّاʿammāabove what
يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah has no Partner or AssociateAllah declares Himself to be above having any child or partner in dominion, control and worship. He says:مَا اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِذاً لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَـهٍ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلاَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ(No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him. (If there had been many gods), then each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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