After Allah affirms in this noble Surah that ‘Isa was a worshipper and servant of Allah and He mentioned his birth from Maryam without a father, He then begins refuting those who claim that He has a son. Holy is He and far Exalted is He above such description.

Allah says,

This means, “In this statement of yours.”

Ibn ‘Abbas, Mujahid, Qatadah and Malik all said, “Terrible.” It has been said that it is pronounced Iddan, Addan, and Addan with elongation on the first vowel. All three of these pronunciations are known, but the most popular is the first. Allah said;

that is, out of their high esteem for Allah, when they hear this statement of wickedness coming from the Children of Adam. The reason for this is that these are creatures of Allah and they are established upon His Tawhid and the fact that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. He has no partners, no peer, no child, no mate and no coequal. Rather, He is th^e One, Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures are in need of. Ibn Jarir reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said concerning Allah's statement,

“Verily, the heavens, the earth, the mountains and all creatures - except for humans and Jinns - are frightened by the associating of partners with Allah. Creation will almost cease existing before the association of partners with Allah, due to His Greatness. Just as the idolator does not benefit bjy his good deeds because of associating partners with Allah, we hope that Allah would forgive the sins of those who believed in
“This is due to its anger on behalf of Allah, the Mighty arid Sublime.”

Ibn ‘Abbas said, “This means to be torn down.” Sa'id bin Jubayr said, “Haddan means some of it is broken by other parts of it in succession.”

Imam Ahmad reported from Abu Musa that he said that tljie Messenger of Allah said,

“There is no one more patient than Allah concerning something harmful that he hears. For verily, partners are associated with Him and a son is ascribed to Him, ivhile He is the One Who gives them good health, protects them and sustains them.i>

This narration is also recorded in the Two Sahths. In oiie wording of it he said,

“...that they attribute a son to Him, while He is the One Who sustains them and gives them good health.^

Allah said;

Meaning that it is not befitting of Him, nor is it appropriate for His lofty majesty and greatness. There is no coequal for Him in His creation, because all creatures are His slaves. This is why He says,

He knows their number from the time He created them, until the Day of Resurrection, male and female, both the small and the large of them.

This means that there will be no helper for him and no one to save him, except Allah alone, Who has no partners. He judges His creatures as He wills and He is the Most Just, Who does not do even an atom’s weight of injustice. He will not wrong anyone.