Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:101

6:101

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ صَـٰحِبَةٌ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi annā yakūnu lahu waladun walam takun lahu ṣāḥibatun wakhalaqa kulla shayin wahuwa bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

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

— Saheeh International

the Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has no spouse, when He created all things, and has full knowledge of all things?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.

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

Juz 7Page 140meccan

Word by Word

بَدِيعُbadīʿuOriginator
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِۖwal-arḍiand the earth
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يَكُونُyakūnucan be
لَهُۥlahufor Him
وَلَدٌۭwaladuna son
وَلَمْwalamwhile not
تَكُنtakun(there) is
لَّهُۥlahufor Him
صَـٰحِبَةٌۭۖṣāḥibatuna companion
وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He created
كُلَّkullaevery
شَىْءٍۢۖshayinthing
وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
شَىْءٍshayinthing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knower