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As-Saffat 149

Ayah 149 of 182 · Meccan

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ١٤٩

So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The people of Makkah claimed that the angels were daughters of Allāh, yet they preferred sons for themselves.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡThen ask themfa-is'taftihim
  2. أَلِرَبِّكَDoes your Lordalirabbika
  3. ٱلۡبَنَاتُ(have) daughtersl-banātu
  4. وَلَهُمُwhile for themwalahumu
  5. ٱلۡبَنُونَ(are) sonsl-banūna

Tafsir

O Muhammad! So ask these idolaters, idolaters a rebuking question: “Do you attribute for Allah daughters which you yourselves dislike, while attributing sons for yourselves whom you love? What kind of distribution is this?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran