Some of the commentators of the Qur'an have mentioned a much...

Some of the commentators of the Qur'an have mentioned a much more finite and restricted meaning of this word and have taken it to be an attribute; others have taken it to mean power; while others understand it to mean mastership and sovereignty. Still other commentators have said it refers to a blessing; while the last group feels that it is in the meaning of a name - although all these meanings are contained in the meaning of greatness.

In any case, the meaning of this word is just as is commonly held and that is being the grand father.

In some of the ahadith it has been mentioned that without knowledge, a group of the Jinn used this inappropriate word, meaning that they were trying to express that no one should never use such a word to refer to Allah.[^3] It is possible that this type of speech would be accurate where such an association of beliefs is taking place, however, the Qur'an concurs with the speech of the Jinn in this verse and agrees with its correctness.

It is interesting to note that at this point, those speaking these words - the Jinn - have placed special emphasis on the issue that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has neither a spouse nor any child. It is possible that this pertains to the corrupt beliefs that were prevalent amongst the `Arabs who believed that the Angles were the daughters of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and that He had taken a Jinn as His spouse!