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Surah Al-Jinn, Verse 3

سورة الجن، الآية ٣

72:3 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 572 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 72:3

وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا ۝٣

Transliteration

wa-annahu taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mā ittakhadha ṣāḥibatan walā waladan

Translation

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son

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Verse 3 of Surah Al-Jinn (72:3), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 572 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 3

Al-Mukhtasar

We have believed that He - exalted be the grandeur and majesty of our Lord - has not taken any wife nor child as the idolaters say.

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Other translations of verse 3

And that He – our exalted and glorified Lord1 – has neither taken a wife nor a child;

Notes

[1] “Jadd” of Our Lord means His Glory, Grandeur, and Command.

‘And He, exalted be the Majesty of our Lord, has taken neither a wife nor a son (or offspring or children).2

Notes

[2] (V.72:3)
A) See the footnote of (V.2:116) and (V.6:101).
B) See the footnote (C) of (V.68:42).

And (we believe) that He - exalted be the glory of our Lord! - hath taken neither wife nor son,

'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.

And that He-- exalted be the majesty of our Lord-- has not taken a consort, nor a son:

And (we believe) that He-Supremely Exalted be our Lord's Dignity- in no way has He taken to Him either a female companion or a child.

Verse 3 word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥ wa-annahu And that He
  2. تَعَٰلَىٰ taʿālā Exalted is ع ل و
  3. جَدُّ jaddu (the) Majesty ج د د
  4. رَبِّنَا rabbinā (of) our Lord ر ب ب
  5. مَا mā not
  6. ٱتَّخَذَ ittakhadha He has taken أ خ ذ
  7. صَٰحِبَةً ṣāḥibatan a wife ص ح ب
  8. وَلَا walā and not
  9. وَلَدًا waladan a son و ل د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Weak Sunan Ibn Majah 3549

“I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a Bedouin came to him and said: ‘I have a brother who is sick.’ He said: ‘What is the matter with your brother?’ He said: ‘He suffers from a slight mental derangement.’ He said: ‘Go and bring him.’” He said: “(So he went) and he brought him. He made him sit…

عَوَّذَهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَأَرْبَعِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ وَسَطِهَا وَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ وَآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَثَلاَثِ آيَاتٍ مِنْ خَاتِمَتِهَا وَآيَةٍ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ -…

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