40 Hadith Qudsi #2

كذبني ابن آدم ولم يكن له ذلك

The Son of Adam Denied Me

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
Sahih Al-BukhariAn-Nasa'i
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ. فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ: لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي، وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِهِ. وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ: اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ وَلَدًا، وَأَنَا الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، لَمْ أَلِدْ وَلَمْ أُولَدْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ. رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ (وَكَذَلِكَ النَّسَائِيُّ).
Pronunciation
'An Abi Hurayrata radiyallahu 'anhu, 'ani-n-Nabiyyi sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam qala: Qalallahu ta'ala: Kadhdhabani ibnu Adama wa lam yakun lahu dhalika, wa shatamani wa lam yakun lahu dhalika. Fa amma takdhibuhu iyyaya faqawluhu: Lan yu'idani kama bada'ani, wa laysa awwalu-l-khalqi bi-ahwana 'alayya min i'adatihi. Wa amma shatmuhu iyyaya faqawluhu: Ittakhadhallahu waladan, wa ana-l-Ahadu-s-Samad, lam alid wa lam uwlad, wa lam yakun li kufuwan ahad. Rawahu-l-Bukhari (wa kadhalika-n-Nasa'i).
English
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Allah Almighty has said: The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do so, and he reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake me as He made me at first — and the initial creation of him is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to Himself a son — while I am the One, the Everlasting Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me. It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).