Surah Al-Jinn, Ayah 3 (72:3)

ٱلْجِنّ

وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا

Quran 72:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Jinn (“The Jinn”), a Meccan surah of 28 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 572 of the Madani Mushaf.

72:3
وَأَنَّهُۥتَعَٰلَىٰجَدُّرَبِّنَامَاٱتَّخَذَصَٰحِبَةًوَلَاوَلَدًا٣
wa-annahu taʿālā jaddu rabbinā mā ittakhadha ṣāḥibatan walā waladan

And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son(3)

Word by word

  1. وَأَنَّهُۥwa-annahuAnd that He
  2. تَعَٰلَىٰtaʿālāExalted is
  3. جَدُّjaddu(the) Majesty
  4. رَبِّنَاrabbinā(of) our Lord
  5. مَاmānot
  6. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhaHe has taken
  7. صَٰحِبَةًṣāḥibatana wife
  8. وَلَاwalāand not
  9. وَلَدًاwaladana son

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