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As-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks)

Verse 158of 182

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ﴿١٥٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment].

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَعَلُوا۟wajaʿalūAnd they have made
بَيْنَهُۥbaynahubetween Him
وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
ٱلْجِنَّةِl-jinatithe jinn
نَسَبًۭا ۚnasabana relationship
وَلَقَدْwalaqadbut certainly
عَلِمَتِʿalimatiknow
ٱلْجِنَّةُl-jinatuthe jinn
إِنَّهُمْinnahumthat they
لَمُحْضَرُونَlamuḥ'ḍarūna(will) surely be brought

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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