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Surah 19. Maryam, Ayah 35

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مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ ۖ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓ ۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
M a k a na lill a hi an yattakhi th a min waladin sub ha nahu i tha qa da amran fainnam a yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoon u
It is not conceivable that God should have taken unto Himself a son: limitless is He in His glory!26 When He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it "Be" - and it is!
  - Mohammad Asad

See note [96] on {2: 116}.

It is not befitting to the majesty of Allah that He Himself should beget a son! He is far above this (weakness to get a son for name, fame, help or continuity of race); for when He decrees a matter He need only say: "Be" and it is.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
It is not for Allah to take a son! Glory be to Him. When He decrees a matter, He simply tells it, 'Be!' And it is!
  - Mustafa Khattab
It befitteth not (the Majesty of) Allah that He should take unto Himself a son. Glory be to Him! When He decreeth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter He only says to it "Be" and it is. 2487
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Begetting a son is a physical act depending on the needs of men's animal nature. Allah Most High is independent of all needs, and it is derogatory to Him to attribute such an act to Him. It is merely a relic of pagan and anthropomorphic materialist superstitions.

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