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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Maryam 19:35

Word by word

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

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

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ما كان لله تعالى ولا يليق به أن يتخذ مِن عباده وخَلْقه ولدًا، تنزَّه وتقدَّس عن ذلك، إذا قضى أمرًا من الأمور وأراده، صغيرًا أو كبيرًا، لم يمتنع عليه، وإنما يقول له: «كن» ، فيكون كما شاءه وأراده.

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