﴿ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ﴾

“"He begets not, and neither is He begotten;”

He neither begot,such that He appoints heirs, nor was begotten, for in that case His sovereignty (mulk) would be something temporal (muḥdath). It is also a confirmation of His unicity (waḥdāniyya), and a disavowal of His dependence on causes (asbāb), and a refutation (radd) of the disbelievers.