Surah Al-An'am Ayah 101

Al-An'am · Ayah 101 · Juz 7 · Page 140

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُۥ وَلَدٞ وَلَمۡ تَكُن لَّهُۥ صَٰحِبَةٞۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيۡءٖۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ١٠١

Badīʿus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, annā yakūnu lahū waladuw wa lam takul lahū ṣāḥibah, wa khalaqa kulla shayʾ, wa huwa bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion [i.e., wife] and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.

Translation: Sahih International

Tafsir

He is the Badi' (Originator) of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything (101)

Meaning of Badi'

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

(He is the Badi' of the heavens and the earth) Meaning He originated, created, invented and brought them into existence without precedence, as Mujahid and As-Suddi said. This is why the word for innovation - Bid'ah - comes from it, because it is something that did not have a precedence.

أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ صَاحِبَةٌ

(How can He have children when He has no wife?) for the child is the offspring of two compatible spouses. Allah does not have an equal, none of His creatures are similar to Him, for He alone created the entire creation. Allah said;

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا - لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا

(And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son." Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing.)[19:88-89], until,

وَكُلُّهُمْ آتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًا

(And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.)[19:95].

وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

(He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.)

He has created everything and He is All-Knower of all things. How can He have a wife from His creation who is suitable for His majesty, when there is none like Him? How can He have a child then? Verily, Allah is Glorified above having a son.

Word by word18 words

  • بَدِيعُOriginator
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavens
  • وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖand the earth
  • أَنَّىٰHow
  • يَكُونُcan be
  • لَهُۥfor Him
  • وَلَدٞa son
  • وَلَمۡwhile not
  • تَكُن(there) is
  • لَّهُۥfor Him
  • صَٰحِبَةٞۖa companion
  • وَخَلَقَand He created
  • كُلَّevery
  • شَيۡءٖۖthing
  • وَهُوَAnd He
  • بِكُلِّ(is) of every
  • شَيۡءٍthing
  • عَلِيمٞAll-Knower

Repeated phrases

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