Surah An-Nahl 16:57 — translation and meaning
النحل · Verse 57 / 128 · Page 273
ۙ وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
Word by Word
ۙ
وَيَجْعَلُونَ
wayaj'aluna
And they assign
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
to Allah
الْبَنَاتِ
al-banati
daughters
سُبْحَانَهُ
sub'hanahu
Glory be to Him!
وَلَهُم
walahum
And for them
مَّا
ma
(is) what
يَشْتَهُونَ
yashtahuna
they desire
Transliteration
Wa yaj'aloona lillaahil banaati Subhaanahoo wa lahum maa yashtahoon
Translation
And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
The idolaters attribute daughters to Allah and they believe that these are the angels. Thus they attribute lineage to Allah and select for him what they do not like for themselves. He is Pure, Glorified and Sanctified from what they assign to Him. They assign for themselves the male offspring that they desire. What crime is greater than this?!
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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