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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 101 (6:101)

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بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ صَٰحِبَةٌ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ …

Quran 6:101 is ayah 101 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 140 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:101
بَدِيعُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖأَنَّىٰيَكُونُلَهُۥوَلَدٌوَلَمْتَكُنلَّهُۥصَٰحِبَةٌ ۖوَخَلَقَكُلَّشَىْءٍ ۖوَهُوَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌ١٠١
badīʿu l-samāwāti wal-arḍi annā yakūnu lahu waladun walam takun lahu ṣāḥibatun wakhalaqa kulla shayin wahuwa bikulli shayin ʿalīmun

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion [i.e., wife] and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.(101)

Word by word

  1. بَدِيعُbadīʿuOriginator
  2. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  3. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍiand the earth
  4. أَنَّىٰannāHow
  5. يَكُونُyakūnucan be
  6. لَهُۥlahufor Him
  7. وَلَدٌwaladuna son
  8. وَلَمْwalamwhile not
  9. تَكُنtakun(there) is
  10. لَّهُۥlahufor Him
  11. صَٰحِبَةٌ ۖṣāḥibatuna companion
  12. وَخَلَقَwakhalaqaand He created
  13. كُلَّkullaevery
  14. شَىْءٍ ۖshayinthing
  15. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  16. بِكُلِّbikulli(is) of every
  17. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  18. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knower

Tafsir (commentary) of 6:101

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Meaning of Badi`

بَدِيعُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ

(He is the Badi` of the heavens and the earth) Meaning He originated, created, invented and brought them into existence without precedence, as Mujahid and As-Suddi said. This is why the word for innovation - Bid`ah - comes from it, because it is something that did not have a precedence.

أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهُ صَـحِبَةٌ

(How can He have children when He has no wife) for the child is the offspring of two compatible spouses. Allah does not have an equal, none of His creatures are similar to Him, for He alone created the entire creation. Allah said;

وَقَالُواْ اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَـنُ وَلَداً - لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئاً إِدّاً

(And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son." Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing.) 19:88-89, until,

وَكُلُّهُمْ ءَاتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَـمَةِ فَرْداً

(And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.)19:95.

وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

(He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.) He has created everything and He is All-Knower of all things. How can He have a wife from His creation who is suitable for His majesty, when there is none like Him How can He have a child then Verily, Allah is Glorified above having a son.

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