بَدِيعُ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ
أَنَّىٰ
يَكُونُ
لَهُۥ
وَلَدٞ
وَلَمۡ
تَكُن
لَّهُۥ
صَٰحِبَةٞۖ
وَخَلَقَ
كُلَّ
شَيۡءٖۖ
وَهُوَ
بِكُلِّ
شَيۡءٍ
عَلِيمٞ
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The Originator of the heavens and the earth! How can He have a child, when there is for Him no consort, when He created all things and is Aware of all things?
— M. Pickthall
[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion [i.e., wife] and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.
— Saheeh International
To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: How can He have a son when He hath no consort? He created all things, and He hath full knowledge of all things.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of Badi`
بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ
(He is the Badi` of the heavens and the earth) Meaning He originated, created, invented and brought them into existence without precedence, as Mujahid and As-Suddi said. This is why the word for innovation - Bid`ah - comes from it, because it is somethi
…Meaning of Badi`
بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ
(He is the Badi` of the heavens and the earth) Meaning He originated, created, invented and brought the
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