أَفَرَءَيۡتُمُ
ٱللَّٰتَ
وَٱلۡعُزَّىٰ
١٩

Now, have you considered ˹the idols of˺ Lât and ’Uzza,
وَمَنَوٰةَ
ٱلثَّالِثَةَ
ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ
٢٠
and the third one, Manât, as well?
أَلَكُمُ
ٱلذَّكَرُ
وَلَهُ
ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
٢١
Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?1
تِلۡكَ
إِذٗا
قِسۡمَةٞ
ضِيزَىٰٓ
٢٢
Then this is ˹truly˺ a biased distribution!
إِنۡ
هِيَ
إِلَّآ
أَسۡمَآءٞ
سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ
أَنتُمۡ
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
مَّآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَا
مِن
سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ
إِن
يَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلظَّنَّ
وَمَا
تَهۡوَى
ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ
وَلَقَدۡ
جَآءَهُم
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمُ
ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
٢٣
These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up1—a practice Allah has never authorized. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions and whatever ˹their˺ souls desire, although ˹true˺ guidance has already come to them from their Lord.
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