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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْبَنَٰتِ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ﴿٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assign
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
ٱلْبَنَـٰتِl-banātidaughters
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۙsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him
وَلَهُمwalahumAnd for them
مَّا(is) what
يَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Among the Behavior of the Idolators was vowing to Things that Allah had provided for Them to their godsAllah tells us about some of the heinous deeds of those who used to perform baseless worship of other gods besides Him, such as idols and statues, with no grounds for doing so.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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