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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 50of 53

أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًۭا وَإِنَٰثًۭا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌۭ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

Word-by-word meaning

أَوْawOr
يُزَوِّجُهُمْyuzawwijuhumHe grants them
ذُكْرَانًۭاdhuk'rānanmales
وَإِنَـٰثًۭا ۖwa-ināthanand females
وَيَجْعَلُwayajʿaluand He makes
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
عَقِيمًا ۚʿaqīmanbarren
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knower
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah tells us that He is the Creator, Sovereign and Controller of the heavens and the earth.Whatever he wills happens, and whatever He does not will does not happen. He gives to whomsoever He wills and withholds from whomsoever he wills; none can withhold what He gives, and none can give what He withholds, and He creates whatever He wills.يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَـثاً(He bestows female upon whom He wills.) means, He gives them daughters only.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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