ٱلزُّمَر : ٤

  • لَّوۡ If
  • أَرَادَ Allah (had) intended
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah (had) intended
  • أَن to
  • يَتَّخِذَ take
  • وَلَدٗا a son
  • لَّٱصۡطَفَىٰ surely, He (could) have chosen
  • مِمَّا from what
  • يَخۡلُقُ He creates
  • مَا whatever
  • يَشَآءُۚ He willed
  • سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥۖ Glory be to Him
  • هُوَ He
  • ٱللَّهُ (is) Allah
  • ٱلۡوَٰحِدُ the One
  • ٱلۡقَهَّارُ the Irresistible
If Allāh had intended to take a son, He could have chosen from what He creates whatever He willed. Exalted is He; He is Allāh, the One, the Prevailing.1
Footnotes
1 Refer to footnotes in 12:39.
Had God wanted to take a son - as they allege [that He has], 'The Compassionate One has taken [to Himself] a son' [Q. 19:88], He could have chosen from what He has created whatever He willed, and taken it as a child, instead of the angels whom they claim to be God's daughters, or [their claim] that 'Ezra is the son of God', or that 'Jesus is the son of God' [cf. Q. 9:30]. Glory be to Him, in exaltation of Him as being above that He should take a child. He is God, the One, the All-Compelling, over all His creatures.