Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 81

Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 81 · View Ayah
قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدٌۭ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَٰبِدِينَ
Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

Say ‘If the Compassionate One had a son hypothetically speaking I would have been first among the worshippers of that son; but it is established that He exalted be He does not have a child and thus there can be no worshipping of such a child.

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(Say) O Muhammad to al-Nadr Ibn al-Harith and 'Alqamah: (The Beneficent One hath no son. I am first among the worshippers) I am the first to acknowledge that Allah has no son or partner.

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