Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 111
| وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِيٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ ۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- qul al- h.amd li- 'allaah 'alladhe lam yattakhidh walad(an) wa- lam yakun la- -hu sharek fe al- mulk wa- lam yakun la- -hu waley min adh- dhull wa- kabbir -hu takber(an) |
| Pickthall | : | And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son, and Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty, nor hath He any protecting friend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence. |
| Asad | : | and say: "All praise is due to God, who begets no offspring,133 and has no partner in His dominion, and has no weakness, and therefore no need of any aid"134 - and [thus] extol His limitless greatness. |
| Malik | : | and say: "Praise be to Allah, the One Who has begotten no son and Who has no partner in His Kingdom; nor He is helpless to need a protector, and glorify His greatness in the best possible way." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Say: "Praise be to Allah Who begets no son and has no partner in (His) dominion: nor (needs) He any to protect Him from humiliation: Yea magnify Him for His greatness and glory!" 2324 |
Note - 133Lit., "who has not taken unto Himself [or "begotten"] a
son" - i.e., who is free of the imperfection inherent in
the concept of begetting a child as an extension of one's
own being. Since this statement not merely refutes the
Christian doctrine of Jesus as "the son of God" but,
beyond that, stresses the logical impossibility of
connecting such a concept with God, the clause is best
rendered in the present tense, and the noun walad in its
primary sense of "offspring", which applies to a child of
either sex.
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Note - 134Lit., "and has no protector [to aid Him] on account of
any [supposed] weakness [on His part]".
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Note - 2324A first step towards the understanding of Allah's
attributes is to clear our mind from superstitions, such
as that Allah begot a son, or that He has partners, or
that He is dependent upon other beings to protect Him
from harm and humiliation. We must realise that He is the
One and Peerless. His greatness and glory are above
anything we can conceive: but using our highest spiritual
ideas, we must declare forth His greatness and glory. The
Sura began with singing the glory and praises of Allah:
it ends on the same note, concluding the argument. The
next Sura takes up the same theme from another point of
view, and opens with the same note, "Praise be to Allah".
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Lit., "who has not taken unto Himself [or "begotten"] a son" - i.e., who is free of the imperfection inherent in the concept of begetting a child as an extension of one's own being. Since this statement not merely refutes the Christian doctrine of Jesus as "the son of God" but, beyond that, stresses the logical impossibility of connecting such a concept with God, the clause is best rendered in the present tense, and the noun walad in its primary sense of "offspring", which applies to a child of either sex. |
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A first step towards the understanding of Allah's attributes is to clear our mind from superstitions, such as that Allah begot a son, or that He has partners, or that He is dependent upon other beings to protect Him from harm and humiliation. We must realise that He is the One and Peerless. His greatness and glory are above anything we can conceive: but using our highest spiritual ideas, we must declare forth His greatness and glory. The Sura began with singing the glory and praises of Allah: it ends on the same note, concluding the argument. The next Sura takes up the same theme from another point of view, and opens with the same note, "Praise be to Allah". |
