Quran with British translation - Surah An-Nahl ayat 57 - النَّحل - Page - Juz 14
﴿وَيَجۡعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡبَنَٰتِ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ﴾
[النَّحل: 57]
﴿ويجعلون لله البنات سبحانه ولهم ما يشتهون﴾ [النَّحل: 57]
| Mohammad Habib Shakir And they ascribe daughters to Allah, glory be to Him; and for themselves (they would have) what they desire |
| Mohammad Shafi And they arbitrarily attribute daughters (angels) to Allah. HE is too glorious to have any such creaturely attribute. And, for themselves, they would have what they desire (sons) |
| Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto themselves what they desire |
| Mufti Taqi Usmani They ascribe daughters to Allah - Pure is He - and for themselves is what they desire |
| Muhammad Asad And [thus, too,] they ascribe daughters unto God, who is limitless in His glory - whereas for themselves [they would choose, if they could, only] what they desire |
| Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali And they make up to Allah daughters. All Extolment be to Him! And they have whatever they lust for |
| Muhammad Sarwar They ascribe daughters to God, God is too Exalted to have daughters, but they can have whatever they want |
| Muhammad Taqi Usmani They ascribe daughters to Allah - Pure is He - and for themselves is what they desire |
| Mustafa Khattab Allah Edition And they attribute ˹angels as˺ daughters to Allah—glory be to Him!—the opposite of what they desire for themselves |
| Mustafa Khattab God Edition And they attribute ˹angels as˺ daughters to God—glory be to Him!—the opposite of what they desire for themselves |
| N J Dawood They foist daughters upon God (glory be to Him!) but for themselves they choose what they desire |
| Safi Kaskas They also ascribe daughters to God-- May He be exalted in His glory--and they chose for themselves whatever they desire |