Surah Al-Mu'minun (المؤمنون) • The Believers

Quran 23:91

23:91

مَا ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ مِن وَلَدٍ وَمَا كَانَ مَعَهُۥ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ ۚ إِذًا لَّذَهَبَ كُلُّ إِلَـٰهٍۭ بِمَا خَلَقَ وَلَعَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

mā ittakhadha l-lahu min waladin wamā kāna maʿahu min ilāhin idhan ladhahaba kullu ilāhin bimā khalaqa walaʿalā baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin sub'ḥāna l-lahi ʿammā yaṣifūna

Allāh 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 Allāh above what they describe [concerning Him].

— Saheeh International

God has never had a child. Nor is there any god beside Him- if there were, each god would have taken his creation aside and tried to overcome the others. May God be exalted above what they describe!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

No son (or offspring) did Allâh beget, nor is there any ilâh (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! Glorified be Allâh above all that they attribute to Him!

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

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Word by Word

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