The Jinns Affirmation that Allah does not have a Wife and Children

Allah says,

﴿ مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً۬ وَلَا وَلَدً۬ا ﴾

(He has taken neither a wife nor a son.) meaning, far exalted is He above taking a mate and having children. This means that when the Jinns accepted Islam and believed in the Qur'an they professed Allah's magnificence above having taken a spouse and a child (or a son). Then they said,

﴿ وَأَنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيہُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطً۬ا ﴾

(And that the foolish among us used to utter against Allah that which was an enormity in falsehood.) Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Qatadah and As-Suddi, all said,

﴿ سَفِيہُنَا ﴾

(the foolish among us) "They were referring to Iblis.''

﴿ شَطَطً۬ا ﴾

(that which was an enormity in falsehood.) As-Suddi reported from Abu Malik that he said, "This means a transgression.'' Ibn Zayd said, "A great injustice.'' The foolish (Safih) also carries the meaning of everyone in the category who claims that Allah has a spouse or a son. This is why Allah says here,

﴿ وَأَنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيہُنَا ﴾

(And that the foolish among us used to utter) meaning, before his acceptance of Islam.

﴿ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطً۬ا ﴾

(against Allah that which was an enormity in falsehood.) meaning, falsehood and a lie. Thus, Allah says,

﴿ وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلۡإِنسُ وَٱلۡجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبً۬ا ﴾

(And verily, we thought that men and Jinn would not utter a lie against Allah.) meaning, `we did not think that humans and Jinns would join each other in lying about Allah by attributing a spouse and a son to Him. So when we heard this Qur'an we believed in it and we knew that they (Jinns and men) had been lying about Allah in this matter.'