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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 47
قَالَتْ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ ۖ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ ٱللَّهُ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ﴿47﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me." He said: "So (it will be) for Allâh creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: "Be!" - and it is.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَتْ
qālat
She said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
أَنَّىٰ
annā
how
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
is [it]
لِى
lī
for me
وَلَدٌۭ
waladun
a boy
وَلَمْ
walam
and (has) not
يَمْسَسْنِى
yamsasnī
touch(ed) me
بَشَرٌۭ ۖ
basharun
any man
قَالَ
qāla
He said
كَذَٰلِكِ
kadhāliki
Thus
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
creates
مَا
mā
what
يَشَآءُ ۚ
yashāu
He wills
إِذَا
idhā
When
قَضَىٰٓ
qaḍā
He decrees
أَمْرًۭا
amran
a matter
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innamā
then only
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
He says
لَهُۥ
lahu
to it
كُن
kun
Be
فَيَكُونُ
fayakūnu
and it becomes
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
47. 1. Your amazement is justified, but for the Divine Power, this is not a difficult matter at all. Whenever He wills, He can end the chain of customary and apparent means, and with the command "Kun," accomplish whatever He wishes in the blink of an eye.
