Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

That they urge upon the Almighty a son

اَنْ دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَداًۚ
An daAAaw lirrahmaniwalada
#wordmeaningroot
1anThat
2daʿawthey invokeدعو
3lilrraḥmānito the Most Graciousرحم
4waladana sonولد
  • Aisha Bewley

    at their ascription of a son to the All-Merciful!

  • Progressive Muslims

    That they claimed that the Almighty had a son.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    That men should ascribe a son to the Most Gracious.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    That they urge upon the Almighty a son

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    That they claimed that the Almighty had a son!

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    That they claimed that the Gracious had a son!

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Because they claim that the Most Gracious has begotten a son.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    For they have attributed a son to Ar-Rahman,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    That they attribute to the Most Merciful a son.

  • Muhammad Asad

    That men. should ascribe a son to the Most Gracious,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    at their ascribing a son to the Most Compassionate Lord.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    that they ascribe to AL-Rahman a son

  • Bijan Moeinian

    and the mountains might crumble down when they saw that the Gracious One has begotten a son.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    That they ascribe a son (or offspring or children) to the Most Gracious (Allâh).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    That they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    in protest of attributing children to the Most Compassionate.

  • Taqi Usmani

    for they have ascribed a son to the All-Merciful (Allah),

  • Abdul Haleem

    that they attribute offspring to the Lord of Mercy.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    that they have attributed to the All-merciful a son;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    that they attribute to the Merciful a son!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Whereby the heavens are almost torn asunder, and the earth is riven, and the mountains fall in ruin.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    For that they have attributed to The All-Merciful a child;

  • George Sale

    for that they attribute children unto the Merciful;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    That they assign (or give) a son for (Allah), the Most Gracious (Ar-Rahmán).

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    `Because they have ascribed a son to the Most Gracious (God).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    that they should ascribe a son to the All-beneficent!