26وَقالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحمٰنُ وَلَدًا ۗ سُبحانَهُ ۚ بَل عِبادٌ مُكرَمونَMuhammad AsadAnd [yet,] some say, "The Most Gracious has taken unto Himself a son"! Limitless is He in His glory!1 Nay, [those whom they regard as God's "offspring"2 are but His] honoured servants:I.e., utterly remote from the imperfection implied in the concept of "offspring": see note 77 on 19:92.This alludes to prophets like Jesus, whom the Christians regard as "the son of God", as well as to the angels, whom the pre-Islamic Arabs considered to be "God's daughters" (since they were conceived of as females).