Verse 37:153 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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
154 مَا لَكُمۡ كَیۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ۝١٥٤ mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn What is the matter with you? How do you form your judgements 155 أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ۝١٥٥ afalā tadhakkarūn Do you not reflect 156 أَمۡ لَكُمۡ سُلۡطَـٰنࣱ مُّبِینࣱ ۝١٥٦ am lakum sul'ṭānun mubīnu Do you perhaps have clear authority 157 فَأۡتُوا۟ بِكِتَـٰبِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٥٧ fatū bikitābikum in kuntum ṣādiqīn Bring your scriptures, if you are telling the truth

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