Al-Qur'an Surah As-Saffat Verse 153
As-Saffat [37]: 153 ~ English Qur'an Word By Word and Multi Tafseer
اَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِيْنَۗ (الصافات : ٣٧)
- aṣṭafā
- أَصْطَفَى
- Has He chosen
- l-banāti
- ٱلْبَنَاتِ
- [the] daughters
- ʿalā
- عَلَى
- over
- l-banīna
- ٱلْبَنِينَ
- sons?
Transliteration:
Astafal banaati 'alal baneen(QS. aṣ-Ṣāffāt:153)
English / Sahih Translation:
Has He chosen daughters over sons? (QS. As-Saffat, ayah 153)
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Is it that Allah has chosen daughters (for Himself) instead of sons?
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Has He chosen daughters over sons?[[ Both sexes are equal before Allah, so the verse questions pagan chauvinism. ]]
Ruwwad Translation Center
Did He choose daughters over sons?
A. J. Arberry
Has He chosen daughters above sons?
Abdul Haleem
Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Hath He chosen daughters above sons?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?
Abul Ala Maududi
Did He choose daughters rather than sons?
Ahmed Ali
Does He prefer sons to daughters?
Ahmed Raza Khan
“Has he chosen daughters instead of sons?”
Ali Quli Qarai
Has He preferred daughters to sons?
Ali Ünal
He has (made gender-discrimination and so) chosen daughters in preference to sons, has He?
Amatul Rahman Omar
Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
English Literal
He chose/purified the daughters on/over the sons.
Faridul Haque
“Has he chosen daughters instead of sons?”
Hamid S. Aziz
Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
Hilali & Khan
Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons?
Maulana Mohammad Ali
Allah has begotten. And truly they are liars.
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.
Muhammad Sarwar
Has He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
Qaribullah & Darwish
Has He chosen daughters above sons?
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons
Wahiduddin Khan
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
Talal Itani
So He preferred girls over boys?
Tafsir jalalayn
Has He preferred daughters to sons? (read a'staf, `has He preferred', indicating an interrogative [hamza], which stands in place of the omitted conjunctive hamza).
Tafseer Ibn Kathir
Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons!
meaning, what would make Him choose daughters rather than sons?
This is like the Ayah,
أَفَأَصْفَـكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِالْبَنِينَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَـيِكَةِ إِنَاثًا إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلاً عَظِيمًا
Has then your Lord preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters Verily, you indeed utter an awful saying. (17;40)
Allah says;
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ