Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Say [O Prophet]: “If the Most Gracious [truly] had a son, I would be the first to worship him!”
Arthur John Arberry
Say: 'If the All-merciful has a son, then I am the first to serve him
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Say: "If (Allah) Most Gracious had a son, I would be the first to worship."
Arabic
قُلۡ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ وَلَدࣱ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلۡعَـٰبِدِینَ ٨١
Transliteration (2021)
qul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun fa-anā awwalu l-ʿābidīn