The Quran

سورة مَریَم

Surah Maryam 19:88

Mary · Verse 88 of 98

وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا

Abdul Mannan Omar

Some say, `The Most Gracious (God) has taken to Himself a son (who will be our intercessor).´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They say: "(Allah) Most Gracious has begotten a son!"

Ahmed Ali

They say: "God has begotten a son."

12 more translations

Ali Unal

As it is, some say: "The All-Merciful has taken to Himself a child."

Daryabadi

And they say: the Compassionate hath taken a son. *Chapter:19

Faridul Haque

And the disbelievers said, "The Most Gracious has chosen an offspring."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And they say: The Beneficent has taken to Himself a son.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And they say, `The Gracious God has taken unto Himself a son.'

Muhammad Asad

As it is, some assert, "The Most Gracious has taken unto Himself a son!

Muhammad Musin Khan

And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) [as the Jews say: 'Uzair (Ezra) is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son ['Iesa (Christ)], and the pagan Arabs say that He has begotten daughters (angels, etc.)]."

Muhammad Pickthall

And they say: The Beneficent hath taken unto Himself a son.

Muhammad Sarwar

They have said that the Beneficent God has given birth to a son.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And they say: The Beneficent Allah has taken (to Himself) a son.

Rashad Khalifa

They said, "The Most Gracious has begotten a son"!

Shabbir Ahmed

As it is, some assert, “The Beneficent has taken a son!”