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فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا صَٰلِحًۭا جَعَلَا لَهُۥ شُرَكَآءَ فِيمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚ فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ﴿١٩٠

Translation (Sahih International)

But when He gives them a good [child], they ascribe partners to Him concerning that which He has given them. Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him.

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
ءَاتَىٰهُمَاātāhumāHe gives them
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥana good, (child)
جَعَلَاjaʿalāthey make
لَهُۥlahufor Him
شُرَكَآءَshurakāapartners
فِيمَآfīmāin what
ءَاتَىٰهُمَا ۚātāhumāHe has given them
فَتَعَـٰلَىfataʿālāBut exalted
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
عَمَّاʿammāabove what
يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnathey associate (with Him)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

All Mankind are the Offspring of AdamAllah states that He has created all mankind from Adam, peace be upon him, and from Adam, He created his wife, Hawwa' and from them, people started to spread. Allah said in another Ayah, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَـكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَـرَفُواْ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عَندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَـكُمْ(O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one a...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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