Surah Maryam, Ayah 35 (19:35)

مَرْيَم

مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ …

Quran 19:35 is ayah 35 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 307 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:35
مَاكَانَلِلَّهِأَنيَتَّخِذَمِنوَلَدٍ ۖسُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ ۚإِذَاقَضَىٰٓأَمْرًافَإِنَّمَايَقُولُلَهُۥكُنفَيَكُونُ٣٥
mā kāna lillahi an yattakhidha min waladin sub'ḥānahu idhā qaḍā amran fa-innamā yaqūlu lahu kun fayakūnu

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.(35)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāNot
  2. كَانَkāna(it) is
  3. لِلَّهِlillahifor Allah
  4. أَنanthat
  5. يَتَّخِذَyattakhidhaHe should take
  6. مِنminany son
  7. وَلَدٍ ۖwaladinany son
  8. سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ ۚsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him
  9. إِذَاidhāWhen
  10. قَضَىٰٓqaḍāHe decrees
  11. أَمْرًاamrana matter
  12. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
  13. يَقُولُyaqūluHe says
  14. لَهُۥlahuto it
  15. كُنkunBe
  16. فَيَكُونُfayakūnuand it is

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