Verse 37:149 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
145 ۞ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ سَقِیمࣱ ۝١٤٥ fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmu but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore 146 وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ شَجَرَةࣰ مِّن یَقۡطِینࣲ ۝١٤٦ wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīni and made a gourd tree grow above him 147 وَأَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ یَزِیدُونَ ۝١٤٧ wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūn We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more 148 فَءَامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ۝١٤٨ faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīni They believed, so We let them live out their lives
149 فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلۡبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝١٤٩ fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūn Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves
150 أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةَ إِنَـٰثࣰا وَهُمۡ شَـٰهِدُونَ ۝١٥٠ am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūn Did We create the angels as females while they were watching 151 أَلَاۤ إِنَّهُم مِّنۡ إِفۡكِهِمۡ لَیَقُولُونَ ۝١٥١ alā innahum min if'kihim layaqūlūn No indeed! It is one of their lies when they say 152 وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ ۝١٥٢ walada l-lahu wa-innahum lakādhibūn ‘God has begotten.’ How they lie 153 أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِینَ ۝١٥٣ aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīn Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons

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