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Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold)

Verse 16of 89

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍۢ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

Word-by-word meaning

أَمِamiOr
ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas He taken
مِمَّاmimmāof what
يَخْلُقُyakhluquHe has created
بَنَاتٍۢbanātindaughters
وَأَصْفَىٰكُمwa-aṣfākumand He has chosen (for) you
بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Condemnation of the Idolators' attribution of Offspring to AllahHere Allah speaks of the lies and fabrications of the idolators, when they devoted some of their cattle to their false gods and some to Allah, as He described in Surat Al-An`am where He said:وَجَعَلُواْ لِلَّهِ مِمَّا ذَرَأَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالاٌّنْعَامِ نَصِيباً فَقَالُواْ هَـذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَـذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَا فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ فَلاَ يَصِلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَى شُرَكَآئِهِمْ ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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