أَن دَعَوْا۟ لِلرَّحْمَـٰنِ وَلَدًا
An daAAaw li l rra h m a ni walad a n That men should ascribe a son to the Most Gracious,
 - Mohammad Asad
- at their ascribing a son to the Compassionate (God),
 - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
in protest of attributing children to the Most Compassionate.
 - Mustafa Khattab
That ye ascribe unto the Beneficent a son,
 - Marmaduke Pickthall
That they should invoke a son for (Allah) Most Gracious.
 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali