Transliteration:( Mat takhazal laahu minw waladinw wa maa kaana ma'ahoo min ilaah; izal lazahaba kullu ilaahim bimaa khalaqa wa la'alaa ba'duhum 'alaa ba'd; Subhaannal laahi 'ammaa yasifoon )
"Allah has not taken any child [126] for Himself, and nor is there any other god along with Him. If it were so, each god [127] would have taken whatever he created, and each would have wished superiority over the other. Glorified is Allah above all that which they attribute to Him."
This verse decisively rejects all claims of Allah having a child.
The Christians claimed ‘Isa (عليه السلام) as the son of Allah,
The Arab polytheists claimed the angels as His daughters.
Allah denies all such associations, for He is above physical needs, limitations, and lineage. Fatherhood implies need, continuation, or resemblance—none of which apply to the Perfect and Eternal Creator.
If there were more than one god, the natural result would be conflict, division, and chaos:
Each would claim exclusive control over their own creation,
Each would seek dominance over the others,
The universe would lack the unified, harmonious order we see.
The Qur'an presents this as a rational argument: the unity, balance, and perfection of creation proves that there is only one true God, who is absolutely independent and sovereign.
The verse ends with a declaration of Allah’s purity:
"Glorified is Allah above all that which they attribute to Him."
—meaning He is far above the false attributes, comparisons, and flawed human concepts that people assign to Him.
91. No son (or offspring) did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him. (If there had been many gods), then each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others! Glorified be Allah above all that they attribute to Him! 92. All-Knower of the unseen and the seen! Exalted be He over all that they associate as partners to Him!
Allah declares Himself to be above having any child or partner in dominion, control and worship. He says:
(No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him. (If there had been many gods), then each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome others.) meaning, if it were decreed that there should be a plurality of deities, each of them would have exclusive control over whatever he had created, so there would never be any order in the universe. But what we see is that the universe is ordered and cohesive, with the upper and lower realms connected to one another in the most perfect fashion.
(you can see no fault in the creation of the Most Gracious) ﴿65:3﴾. Moreover, if there were a number of gods, each of them would try to subdue the other with enmity, and one would prevail over the other. This has been mentioned by the scholars of `Ilm-ul-Kalam, who discussed it using the evidence of mutual resistance or counteraction. This idea states that if there were two or more creators, one would want to make a body move while the other would want to keep it immobile, and if neither of them could achieve what they wanted, then both would be incapable, but the One Whose existence is essential ﴿i.e., Allah﴾ cannot be incapable. It is impossible for the will of both to be fulfilled because of the conflict. This dilemma only arises when a plurality of gods is suggested, so it is impossible for there to be such a plurality, because if the will of one is fulfilled and not the other, the one who prevails will be the one whose existence is essential (i.e., God) and the one who is prevailed over will be merely possible (i.e., he is not divine), because it is not befitting for the one to be defeated whose existence is essential. Allah says:
(and some would have tried to overcome others! Glorified be Allah above all that they attribute to Him!) meaning, high above all that the stubborn wrongdoers say when they claim that He has a son or partner.
(All-Knower of the unseen and the seen!) means, He knows what is hidden from His creatures and what they see.
(Exalted be He over all that they associate as partners to Him!) means, sanctified and glorified and exalted be He above all that the wrongdoers and liars say.
(23:91) Never did Allah take unto Himself any son,[84] nor is there any god other than He. (Had there been any other gods) each god would have taken his creatures away with him, and each would have rushed to overpower the other.[85] Glory be to Allah from all that they characterize Him with!
84. It should be, noted that this is a general refutation of the belief that Allah has a child or children, and incidentally refutes the Christian belief that Christ is the son of God. Yet even some eminent commentators confine this to the refutation of the Christian belief. Obviously, there is no reason why it was necessary to refute the Christian belief specifically in this context, when the whole discourse has been directed towards the disbelievers of Makkah alone, who were, like the Christians, guilty of this sort of shirk.
85. Here the argument of Tauhid is based on this principle: Had there been more than one God or partners in Godhead, there would have been serious differences, conflicts and wars among the different sovereigns and rulers. See (Surah Bani Israil, Ayat 42) note 47 thereof, and (Surah Al-Anbiya, Ayat 22) note 22 thereof.
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