Tafsir for verse: 19:35
مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٖۖ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥٓۚ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمۡرٗا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٣٥ ﴿35
35It 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.
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Commentary

The Christians lied and were refuted by the evidence indicating the negation of having a child from Him. This is something that cannot occur or be conceived in minds, and it is not within His capability. For it is impossible and not straight that His essence is like the essence of one from whom a child is born. Then it clarified the impossibility of that by stating that whoever intends something from all kinds of things brings it into existence with 'Be,' is exalted above the likeness of a parent animal. The saying here is metaphorical, and its meaning is that His intention for something is followed by its existence without any delay. This is likened to the command of an obeyed commander when it is directed at the obedient one.

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