Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:81

43:81

قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ

qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīna

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘If the Lord of Mercy [truly] had offspring I would be the first to worship [them], but-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "If the Most Gracious (Allâh) had a son (or children as you pretend), then I am the first of Allâh’s worshippers [who deny and refute this claim of yours (and the first to believe in Allâh Alone and testify that He has no children)]." [Tafsir At-Tabarî].

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
إِنinIf
كَانَkānahad
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmānithe Most Gracious
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna son
فَأَنَا۠fa-anāThen, I
أَوَّلُawwalu(would be the) first
ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَl-ʿābidīna(of) the worshippers