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6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 101

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بَد۪يعُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِۜ اَنّٰى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَهُ صَاحِبَةٌۜ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَل۪يمٌ

BadeeAAu assamawatiwal-ardi anna yakoonu lahu waladun walamtakun lahu sahibatun wakhalaqa kulla shay-in wahuwabikulli shay-in AAaleem

He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no wife? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Originator of the heavens and the Earth, how can He have a son when He did not take a wife And He created all things and He is knowledgeable over all things.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son when He never chose for Himself a mate? He creates all things (and does not procreate (112:3)) and He is the Profound Knower of all things and events.

  • Sam Gerrans

    The Originator of the Heavens and the Earth: how could He have a son when He has no companion, and He created all things? And He knows all things.

  • The Monotheist Group

    Originator of the heavens and the earth, how can He have a son when He did not take a wife? And He created all things and He is knowledgeable in all things.

  • Edip-Layth

    Originator of the heavens and the earth, how can He have a son when He did not take a wife? He created all things and He is knowledgeable over all things.

  • Aisha Bewley

    He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no wife? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    The Initiator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son, when He never had a mate? He created all things, and He is fully aware of all things.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, how could He have a son when He has no mate? He created all things, and has knowledge of all things.

  • Sahih International

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

  • Muhammad Asad

    the Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could it be that He should have a child without there ever having been a mate for Him - since it is He who has created everything, and He alone knows everything?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    He is it who generated the heavens and the earth. How would He have a child when He is infinitely beyond taking a wife! He created all and brought the whole into existence and He is 'Alimun of all in all.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    How is it possible for the originator of the heavens and the earth to have children while [you know well that] He has never had any mate? [The matter of the fact is that] God is the One Who has created everything and knows His creation the best.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    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[1].

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.

  • Mustafa Khattab

    ˹He is˺ the Originator of the heavens and earth. How could He have children when He has no mate? He created all things and has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of everything.

  • Taqi Usmani

    (He is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He never had a wife? He created everything, and He knows everything.

  • Abdul Haleem

    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?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    The Creator of the heavens and the earth -- how should He have a son, seeing that He has no consort, and He created all things, and He has knowledge of everything?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    The inventor of the heavens and the earth! how can He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has created everything, and everything He knows?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has created everything, and He is Aware of all things?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The Ever-Innovating of the heavens and the earth-however does He have a child, and He has no female companion, and He created everything, and He is Ever-Knowing of everything?

  • George Sale

    The Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has no consort, and when He has created everything and has knowledge of all things?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth: How can He have children when He has no one as female companion? He created all things and He is All Knowing (Aleem) of all things.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    He is Wonderful and Primary Originator of the heavens and the earth! How (and whence) can there be a son for Him, when He has no consort? He has created all things and He has perfect knowledge of everything.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    The originator of the heavens and the earth —how could He have a son when He has had no spouse? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things.