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Verse 21of 62

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَكُمُalakumuIs for you
ٱلذَّكَرُl-dhakaruthe male
وَلَهُwalahuand for Him
ٱلْأُنثَىٰl-unthāthe female

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refuting Idolatry, Al-Lat and Al-`UzzaAllah the Exalted rebukes the idolators for worshipping idols and taking rivals to Him. They built houses for their idols to resemble the Ka`bah built by Prophet Ibrahim, Allah's Khalil.أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ اللَّـتَ(Have you then considered Al-Lat,) Al-Lat was a white stone with inscriptions on. There was a house built around Al-Lat in At-Ta'if with curtains, servants and a sacred courtyard around it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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