Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:81 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 81 / 89 · Page 495
قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْعَابِدِينَ
Word by Word
قُلْ
qul
Say
إِن
in
If
كَانَ
kana
had
لِلرَّحْمَنِ
lilrrahmani
the Most Gracious
وَلَدٌ
waladun
a son
فَأَنَا
fa-ana
Then I
أَوَّلُ
awwalu
(would be the) first
الْعَابِدِينَ
al-'abidina
(of) the worshippers
Transliteration
Qul in kaana lir Rahmaani walad; fa-ana awwalul 'aabideen
Translation
Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger! Say to those who attribute daughters to Allah, who is exalted greatly from their statement: “If, hypothetically, Allah had a child, then I would be the first to worship that child.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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