Surah As-Saffat — Verse 153

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أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

Astafa albanati AAalaalbaneen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?

Marmaduke Pickthall

(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Is it that Allah has chosen daughters (for Himself) instead of sons?

Al-Hilali & Khan

Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons?

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Did He choose daughters rather than sons?

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

“He has chosen daughters in preference to sons”!

Rowwad · source edition

Did He choose daughters over sons[36]?

Notes

[36] i.e., daughters that you hate over sons that you like?