Surah Maryam (مريم) • Mary

Quran 19:35

19:35

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

— Saheeh International

it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It befits not (the Majesty of) Allâh that He should beget a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allâh, by saying that ‘Îsâ (Jesus) is the son of Allâh]. Glorified (and Exalted) be He (above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
كَانَkāna(it) is
لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
أَنanthat
يَتَّخِذَyattakhidhaHe should take
مِنminany son
وَلَدٍۢۖwaladinany son
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓۚsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him
إِذَاidhāWhen
قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
أَمْرًۭاamrana matter
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
لَهُۥlahuto it
كُنkunBe
فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is