Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:16 — translation and meaning
الزخرف · Verse 16 / 89 · Page 490
أَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَاكُم بِالْبَنِينَ
Word by Word
أَمِ
ami
Or
اتَّخَذَ
ittakhadha
has He taken
مِمَّا
mimma
of what
يَخْلُقُ
yakhluqu
He has created
بَنَاتٍ
banatin
daughters
وَأَصْفَاكُم
wa-asfakum
and He has chosen (for) you
بِالْبَنِينَ
bil-banina
sons
Transliteration
Amit takhaza mimmaa yakhluqu banaatinw wa asfaakum bilbaneen
Translation
Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O idolaters! Do you say: “Allah has chosen daughters for Himself from among the things He creates”, whilst He has privileged you with male offspring? What an absurd distribution this is which you claim!
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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