Quran 19:35 — Maryam, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ
mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is not for God to take a son unto Him. Glory be to Him! When He decrees a thing, He but says to it 'Be,' and it is.
- Muhammad Asad
- It is not conceivable that God should have taken unto Himself a son: limitless is He in His glory! When He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it "Be" -and it is!
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | (it) is | كون |
| 3 | لِلَّهِlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يَتَّخِذَyattakhidha | He should take | أخذ |
| 6 | مِنmin | any son | — |
| 7 | وَلَدٍۢ ۖwaladin | any son | ولد |
| 8 | سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚsub'ḥānahu | Glory be to Him | سبح |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | When | — |
| 10 | قَضَىٰٓqaḍā | He decrees | قضي |
| 11 | أَمْرًۭاamran | a matter | أمر |
| 12 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 13 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | He says | قول |
| 14 | لَهُۥlahu | to it | — |
| 15 | كُنkun | Be | كون |
| 16 | فَيَكُونُfayakūnu | and it is | كون |