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Surah Maryam, Verse 35

سورة مريم، الآية ٣٥

19:35 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 307 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:35

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ۝٣٥

Transliteration

mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

Translation

It is not [befitting] for Allāh to take a son; exalted is He!813 When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

Notes

[813] i.e., far removed is He from any such need.

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Verse 35 of Surah Maryam (19:35), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 307 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 35

Al-Mukhtasar

It does not befit Allah to have a son, exalted and free He is from this. When He intends something, it is enough for Him to say regarding this thing: Be, and it most definitely becomes. So He who is like this is free from having a son.

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Other translations of verse 35

It is not befitting for Allah to beget a son. Glory be to Him9! When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.

Notes

[9] i.e., far exalted is He above any such need.

It befits not (the Majesty of) Allâh that He should beget a son [this refers to the slander of Christians against Allâh, by saying that ‘Îsâ (Jesus) is the son of Allâh]. Glorified (and Exalted) be He (above all that they associate with Him). When He decrees a thing, He only says to it: "Be!" - and it is.5

Notes

[5] (V.19:35) See the footnote of (V.2:116).

It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! when He determines a matter, He only says to it, "Be", and it is.

It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a son, glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it "Be," and it is.

In no way is it for Allah to take to Him a child. All Extolment be to Him! When He decrees a Command, then He only says to it, "Be!" and it is.

Verse 35 word by word

  1. مَا mā Not
  2. كَانَ kāna (it) is ك و ن
  3. لِلَّهِ lillahi for Allah
  4. أَن an that
  5. يَتَّخِذَ yattakhidha He should take أ خ ذ
  6. مِن min any son
  7. وَلَدٍ waladin any son و ل د
  8. سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ sub'ḥānahu Glory be to Him س ب ح
  9. إِذَا idhā When
  10. قَضَىٰٓ qaḍā He decrees ق ض ي
  11. أَمْرًا amran a matter أ م ر
  12. فَإِنَّمَا fa-innamā then only
  13. يَقُولُ yaqūlu He says ق و ل
  14. لَهُۥ lahu to it
  15. كُن kun Be ك و ن
  16. فَيَكُونُ fayakūnu and it is ك و ن

Verses related to verse 35

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ali ’Imran 3:59–60

    إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ …

    Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was. …

Verses with similar wording

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:117

    بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • Ghafir 40:68

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:47

    قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touched me?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allāh; He creates what He wills. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is.

  • Ya-Sin 36:82

    إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, "Be," and it is.

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