[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. (Al-An'am [6] : 101)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
(He is) the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He never had a wife? He created everything, and He knows everything.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹He is˺ the Originator of the heavens and earth. How could He have children when He has no mate? He created all things and has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of everything.
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
The Originator of the heavens and earth. How could He have a son when He never had a companion? He created all things, and He is All-Knowing of everything.
4 A. J. Arberry
The Creator of the heavens and the earth -- how should He have a son, seeing that He has no consort, and He created all things, and He has knowledge of everything?
5 Abdul Haleem
the Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has no spouse, when He created all things, and has full knowledge of all things?
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Originator of the heavens and the earth! How should He have a son when there is for Him no spouse? And He hath created everything and He is Knower of everything.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth; How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.
8 Abul Ala Maududi
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has had no mate? And He has created everything and He has full knowledge of all things.
9 Ahmed Ali
Creator of the heavens and the earth from nothingness, how could He have a son when He has no mate? He created all things, and has knowledge of all things.
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
The Originator of the heavens and the earth; how can He possibly have a child when, in fact, He does not have a spouse? And He has created all things; and He knows everything.
11 Ali Quli Qarai
The originator of the heavens and the earth—how could He have a child when He has had no spouse? He created all things and He has knowledge of all things.
12 Ali Ünal
The Originator of the heavens and the earth with nothing before Him to imitate. How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, and He has created all things (i.e. nothing created can be a consort for Him)? And He has full knowledge of everything.
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
He is Wonderful and Primary Originator of the heavens and the earth! How (and whence) can there be a son for Him, when He has no consort? He has created all things and He has perfect knowledge of everything.
14 English Literal
Creating marvelously without precedent (of) the skies/space and the earth/Planet Earth, how (could it) be for Him a child, and (there) was not for Him a wife/companion/friend, and He created every thing, and He is with every thing knowledgeable
15 Faridul Haque
The Originator of the heavens and the earth; how can He possibly have a child when, in fact, He does not have a spouse? And He has created all things; and He knows everything.
16 Hamid S. Aziz
The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a son, when He has no female companion, and when He has created everything, and He is Aware of all things
17 Hilali & Khan
He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
And they regarded the jinn to be partners with Allah, and He created them, and they falsely attributed to Him sons and daughters without knowledge. Glory be to Him, and highly exaulted is He above what they ascribe (to Him)!
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth! How could He have a son when He has no consort, and He (Himself) created everything, and He is the Knower of all things.
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William 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?
21 Muhammad Sarwar
How could the One Who is the Originator of the heavens and the earth and who has no companion, have a son? He created all things and has absolute knowledge of all things.
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He had no female companion? He created all things and has knowledge of all things.
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
He is the Badi` (Originator) of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.
24 Wahiduddin Khan
the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no consort? He created everything and is aware of everything!
25 Talal Itani
Originator of the heavens and the earth—how can He have a son when He never had a companion? He created all things, and He has knowledge of all things.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
He is, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, which He originated uniquely without precedent; how should He have a son, when He has no consort, spouse, and He created everything, that was meant to be created, and He has knowledge of all things?
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
Meaning of Badi`
Allah said;
بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالَارْضِ
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.
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 جِيْتُمْ شَيْياً 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 اتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًا (And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection. (19;95)
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
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
He is it who generated the heavens and the earth. How would He have a child when He is infinitely beyond taking a wife! He created all and brought the whole into existence and He is 'Alimun of all in all