سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 81
قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ ﴿81﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم): "If the Most Gracious (Allâh) had a son (or children as you pretend), then I am the first of Allâh’s worshippers [who deny and refute this claim of yours (and the first to believe in Allâh Alone and testify that He has no children)]." [Tafsir At-Tabarî].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِن
in
If
كَانَ
kāna
had
لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ
lilrraḥmāni
the Most Gracious
وَلَدٌۭ
waladun
a son
فَأَنَا۠
fa-anā
Then, I
أَوَّلُ
awwalu
(would be the) first
ٱلْعَـٰبِدِينَ
l-ʿābidīna
(of) the worshippers
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.
81. 1 Because I am obedient and submissive to Allah; if He actually had offspring, then I would have been the first to worship them. The meaning is that the polytheists establish the belief of Allah having offspring.
