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مَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ اَنْ يَّتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَّلَدٍ سُبْحٰنَهٗ ۗاِذَا قَضٰٓى اَمْرًا فَاِنَّمَا يَقُوْلُ لَهٗ كُنْ فَيَكُوْنُ ۗ  ( مريم: ٣٥ )

مَا
Not
kāna
كَانَ
(it) is
lillahi
لِلَّهِ
for Allah
an
أَن
that
yattakhidha
يَتَّخِذَ
He should take
min
مِن
any son
waladin
وَلَدٍۖ
any son
sub'ḥānahu
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓۚ
Glory be to Him!
idhā
إِذَا
When
qaḍā
قَضَىٰٓ
He decrees
amran
أَمْرًا
a matter
fa-innamā
فَإِنَّمَا
then only
yaqūlu
يَقُولُ
He says
lahu
لَهُۥ
to it
kun
كُن
"Be"
fayakūnu
فَيَكُونُ
and it is

Maa kaana lillaahi ai yattakhiza minw waladin Subhaanah; izaa qadaaa amran fa innamaa yaqoolu lahoo kun fa yakoon (Maryam 19:35)

Sahih International:

It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (Maryam [19] : 35)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

It is not for Allah to have a son. Pure is He. When He decides a thing, He simply says to it, “Be” and it comes to be.