ٱلْأَحْزَاب : ٤٠

  • مَّا Not
  • كَانَ is
  • مُحَمَّدٌ Muhammad
  • أَبَآ (the) father
  • أَحَدٖ (of) anyone
  • مِّن of
  • رِّجَالِكُمۡ your men
  • وَلَٰكِن but
  • رَّسُولَ (he is the) Messenger
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • وَخَاتَمَ and Seal
  • ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَۗ (of) the Prophets
  • وَكَانَ And Allah is
  • ٱللَّهُ And Allah is
  • بِكُلِّ of every
  • شَيۡءٍ thing
  • عَلِيمٗا All-Knower
Muḥammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allāh and seal [i.e., last] of the prophets. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.
Muhammad is not the father of any man among you: he is not Zayd's biological father and so it is not unlawful for him to marry his [former] wife Zaynab [after him]; but, he is, the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, and so he will not have a son that is a [fully grown] man to be a prophet after him (a variant reading [for khaatim al-nabiyyeena] has khaatam al-nabiyyeen, as in the instrument [known as a] 'seal', in other words, their [prophethood] has been sealed by him). And God has knowledge of all things, among these is the fact that there will be no prophet after him, and even when the lord Jesus descends [at the end of days] he will rule according to his [Muhammad's] Law.