Quran 37:149 — As-Saaffaat, verse 149
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves?
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ
fa-is'taftihim alirabbika l-banātu walahumu l-banūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So ask them for a pronouncement -- Has thy Lord daughters, and they sons?
- Muhammad Asad
- AND NOW ask them to enlighten thee: Has thy Sustainer daughters, whereas they would have [only] sons?
- Sahih International
- So inquire of them, [O Muḥammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْfa-is'taftihim | Then ask them | فتي |
| 2 | أَلِرَبِّكَalirabbika | Does your Lord | ربب |
| 3 | ٱلْبَنَاتُl-banātu | (have) daughters | بني |
| 4 | وَلَهُمُwalahumu | while for them | — |
| 5 | ٱلْبَنُونَl-banūna | (are) sons | بني |