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Quran 21:26

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 26

Juz 17 · Page 324 · Ruku 279 · Meccan

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟ waqālū And they say ٱتَّخَذَ ittakhadha Has taken ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ l-raḥmānu the Most Gracious وَلَدًۭا ۗ waladan a son سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۚ sub'ḥānahu Glorified is He بَلْ bal Nay عِبَادٌۭ ʿibādun (they are) slaves مُّكْرَمُونَ muk'ramūna honored

Transliteration

Waqaloo ittakhatha arrahmanuwaladan subhanahu bal AAibadun mukramoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son. Be He Glorified! Nay, but (those whom they call sons) are honoured slaves;

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And they say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but) servants raised to honour.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى ردا على من زعم أن له - تعالى وتقدس - ولدا من الملائكة ، كمن قال ذلك من العرب : إن الملائكة بنات الله ، فقال : ( سبحانه بل عباد مكرمون ) أي : الملائكة عباد الله مكرمون عنده ، في منازل عالية ومقامات سامية ، وهم له في غاية الطاعة قولا وفعلا .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.