Tafsir of Az-Zukhruf 43:81

Allah has no Offspring Allah says: Allah says,

قل

Say, -- (`O Muhammad') --

إن كان للرحمن ولد فٲنا أول العابدين

If the Most Gracious had a son, then I am the first of the worshippers. meaning, `if this were so, then I would worship Him on that basis, because I am one of His servants; I obey all that He commands me and I am not too arrogant or proud to worship Him.' This conditional phrase does not mean that what is described could happen nor that is possible as Allah says:

لو أراد الله أن يتخذ ولدا ﻻصطفى مما يخلق ما يشاء سبحنه هو الله الوحد القهار

Had Allah willed to take a son, He could have chosen whom He willed out of those whom He created. But glory be to Him! He is Allah, the One, the Irresistible. (39:4). Allah says here:

سبحان رب السماوات واﻻرض رب العرش عما يصفون