53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 21
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?