Quran 43:81 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘If the Lord of Mercy [truly] had offspring I would be the first to worship [them], but-
قُلْ إِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعَابِدِينَ
qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'If the All-merciful has a son, then I am the first to serve him.
- Muhammad Asad
- Say [O Prophet]: “If the Most Gracious [truly] had a son, I would be the first to worship him!”
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنin | If | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | had | كون |
| 4 | لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِlilrraḥmāni | the Most Gracious | رحم |
| 5 | وَلَدٌۭwaladun | a son | ولد |
| 6 | فَأَنَا۠fa-anā | Then, I | — |
| 7 | أَوَّلُawwalu | (would be the) first | أول |
| 8 | ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَl-ʿābidīna | (of) the worshippers | عبد |