6. [al-Anam, Cattle Mecca 55]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ...

6: 101. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth:

C930. Cf. n. 120 to 2:117.

...أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ صَاحِبَةٌ...

how can He have a son when He hath no consort?

...وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴿١٠١﴾

He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.

Other Versions:

6: 101

Asad the originator of the heavens and the earth! How could it be that He should have a child without there ever having been a mate for Him – since it is He who has created everything, and He alone know everything?

Pickthall The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things?

Transliteration Badi'us sama_wa_ti wal ard(i), anna_ yaku_nu lahu_ waladuw wa lam takul lahu_ sa_hibah(tun), wa khalaqa kulla syai'(in), wa huwa bikulli syai'in 'alim(un).