سورة النّجْم
Surah Al-Najm 53:21
The Parts of the Qur‘ân · Verse 21 of 62
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنْثَىٰ
Abdul Mannan Omar
What (an ignoble idea you have)! Are you to have sons and He daughters?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?
Ahmed Ali
Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him?
12 more translations
Ali Unal
What? For you the males and for Him the females?
Daryabadi
What!-Unto YOu the males and Unto Him the females?
Faridul Haque
What! For you the son, and for Him the daughter?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Are the males for you and for Him the females?
Maulvi Sher Ali
`What ! for you the males and for Him the females?'
Muhammad Asad
Why - for yourselves [you would choose only] male offspring, whereas to Him [you assign] female
Muhammad Musin Khan
Is it for you the males and for Him the females?
Muhammad Pickthall
Are yours the males and His the females?
Muhammad Sarwar
Do sons belong to you and daughters to God?.
Muhammed ali Shakir
What! for you the males and for Him the females!
Rashad Khalifa
Do you have sons, while He has these as daughters?
Shabbir Ahmed
Why – for yourselves you would prefer only sons, whereas to Him you assign daughters!
Commentary 53:21 In view of the contempt these pagans felt for their female offspring (16:57), their attribution of daughters to Allâh was absurd and denigrating towards…
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
53:21 In view of the contempt these pagans felt for their female offspring (16:57), their attribution of daughters to Allâh was absurd and denigrating towards Allâh. Irrespective of the blasphemous belief in Gods having off-spring of any kind, their ascribing to Him what they themselves despised, belie their alleged reverence for Him whom they too regarded as the Supreme Being. This point is stressed with irony in the next verse.