As-Saffat 37:149 فاستفتهم الربك البنات ولهم البنون ١٤٩

37:149

فَٱسۡتَفۡتِهِمۡ

أَلِرَبِّكَ

ٱلۡبَنَاتُ

وَلَهُمُ

ٱلۡبَنُونَ

١٤٩

Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ if your Lord has daughters,¹ while the pagans ˹prefer to˺ have sons.

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Refutation of Those Who attribute Children to Allah and say that the Angels are His Daughters

Allah denounces those idolators who attribute daughters to Allah -- exalted be He above that -- and attributed to themselves what they desired, i.e., they wanted male offspring to themselves.

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Refutation of Those Who attribute Children to Allah and say that the Angels are His Daughters

Allah denounces those idolators who attribute daughters t

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Chapter 37, Page 451, Juz 23

149. Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ if your Lord has daughters, while the pagans ˹prefer to˺ have sons. 150. Or ˹ask them˺ if We created the angels as females right before their eyes. 151. Indeed, it is one of their ˹outrageous˺ fabrications to say, 152. “Allah has children.” They are simply liars. 153. Has He chosen daughters over sons? 154. What is the matter with you? How do you judge? 155. Will you not then be mindful? 156. Or do you have ˹any˺ compelling proof? 157. Then bring ˹us˺ your scripture, if what you say is true! 158. They have also established a ˹marital˺ relationship between Him and the jinn. Yet the jinn ˹themselves˺ know well that such people will certainly be brought ˹for punishment˺. 159. Glorified is Allah far above what they claim! 160. But not the chosen servants of Allah. 161. Surely you ˹pagans˺ and whatever ˹idols˺ you worship 162. can never lure ˹anyone˺ away from Him 163. except those ˹destined˺ to burn in Hell. 164. ˹The angels respond,˺ “There is not one of us without an assigned station ˹of worship˺. 165. We are indeed the ones lined up in ranks ˹for Allah˺. 166. And we are indeed the ones ˹constantly˺ glorifying ˹His praise˺.”

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran