الأنبياء
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Surah 21
Verse 27
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The Prophets • makkah
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21:27
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And they say, ‘The Gracious God has taken to Himself a son.’ Holy is He. Nay, they are only honoured servants.
English - Five Volume Translation
[a]And they say, ‘The Gracious God has taken to Himself a son.’ Holy is He. Nay, they are only honoured servants.[2367]
2:117; 4:172; 10:69; 19:89-90.
Commentary:
The words "honoured servants" point to the fact that not only Jesus but many other righteous men have been spoken of as God’s sons in former Scriptures and like him they have been called God’s sons only in a metaphorical sense. But they were nothing more than His honoured servants. In this respect Jesus enjoys no special prerogative. He was only one of the numerous honoured servants of God.
English - Short Commentary Translation
[a]And they say, ‘The Gracious God has taken to Himself a son.’ Holy is He. Nay, those whom they so designate are only His honoured servants;
2:117; 4:172; 10:69; 19:89, 90.