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Al-Isra 40

Ayah 40 of 111 · Meccan

أَفَأَصۡفَىٰكُمۡ رَبُّكُم بِٱلۡبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًاۚ إِنَّكُمۡ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوۡلًا عَظِيمٗا ٤٠

Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفَأَصۡفَىٰكُمۡThen has your Lord chosen (for) youafa-aṣfākum
  2. رَبُّكُمThen has your Lord chosen (for) yourabbukum
  3. بِٱلۡبَنِينَsonsbil-banīna
  4. وَٱتَّخَذَand He has takenwa-ittakhadha
  5. مِنَfrommina
  6. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِthe Angelsl-malāikati
  7. إِنَٰثًاۚdaughtersināthan
  8. إِنَّكُمۡIndeed, youinnakum
  9. لَتَقُولُونَsurely saylataqūlūna
  10. قَوۡلًاa wordqawlan
  11. عَظِيمٗاgraveʿaẓīman

Tafsir

O you who claim that the angels are Allah’s daughters! Has your Lord chosen you - O idolaters - to have male children, while taking for Himself daughters from among the angels? Allah is above what you are saying. You are indeed saying a terrible thing about Allah by ascribing children to him and claiming that He has daughters persisting in you disbelief.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran