An-Najm 53:21 الكم الذكر وله الانثى ٢١

53:21

أَلَكُمُ

ٱلذَّكَرُ

وَلَهُ

ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ

٢١

Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?¹

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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Chapter 53, Page 526, Juz 27

19. Now, have you considered ˹the idols of˺ Lât and ’Uzza, 20. and the third one, Manât, as well? 21. Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters? 22. Then this is ˹truly˺ a biased distribution! 23. These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up—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. 24. Or should every person ˹simply˺ have whatever ˹intercessors˺ they desire? 25. In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next. 26. ˹Imagine˺ how many ˹noble˺ angels are in the heavens! ˹Even˺ their intercession would be of no benefit whatsoever, until Allah gives permission to whoever He wills and ˹only for the people He˺ approves. 27. Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter label angels as female, 28. although they have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions. And surely assumptions can in no way replace the truth.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran