وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَنِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

although it is inconceivable that the Most Gracious should take unto Himself a son

Arthur John Arberry

and it behoves not the All-merciful to take a son

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

For it is not consonant with the majesty of (Allah) Most Gracious that He should beget a son

Arabic

وَمَا یَنۢبَغِی لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ أَن یَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا ۝٩٢

Transliteration (2021)

wamā yanbaghī lilrraḥmāni an yattakhidha walada