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As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks)

Verse 153of 182

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ﴿١٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

Word-by-word meaning

أَصْطَفَىaṣṭafāHas He chosen
ٱلْبَنَاتِl-banāti[the] daughters
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْبَنِينَl-banīnasons

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refutation of Those Who attribute Children to Allah and say that the Angels are His DaughtersAllah denounces those idolators who attribute daughters to Allah -- exalted be He above that -- and attributed to themselves what they desired, i.e., they wanted male offspring to themselves.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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