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53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 21

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اَلَـكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْاُنْثٰى

Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha

Do you have males and He females?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Do you have the males, while He has the females

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Why - for yourselves you would prefer only sons, whereas to Him you assign daughters!

  • Sam Gerrans

    Have you the males, and He the females?

  • The Monotheist Group

    Do you have the males, while He has the females?

  • Edip-Layth

    Do you have the males, while He has the females?

  • Aisha Bewley

    Do you have males and He females?

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Do you have sons, while He has these as daughters?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him?

  • Sahih International

    Is the male for you and for Him the female?

  • Muhammad Asad

    Why - for yourselves [you would choose only] male offspring, whereas to Him [you assign] female:

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Are yours the males and His the females?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Have you chosen the idol you designated as male and left to Allah what you designated as female!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do you choose sons [and kill your new born girls as you consider them disgraceful] while calling these things as God’s daughters?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Is it for you the males and for Him the females?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female?

  • Mustafa Khattab

    Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?[1]

  • Taqi Usmani

    Is it that you have males and He (Allah) has females?

  • Abdul Haleem

    are you to have the male and He the female?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    What, have you males, and He females?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Shall there be male offspring for Him and female for you?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    What! For you the males and for Him the females!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Do you have the male (s) and He the female (s)?

  • George Sale

    Have ye male children, and God female?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    What (silliness)! For you (yourselves) the male sex, and for Him, the female?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    What (an ignoble idea you have)! Are you to have sons and He daughters?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Are you to have males and He females?