Surah Maryam 19:35
سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ · Meccan · Verse 35 of 98
مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍۢ ۖ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
Translation
it would not befit God to have a child. He is far above that: when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ and it is.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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