← Surah 16

16:57

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْبَنَـٰتِ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

Word by word

وَيَجْعَلُونَ
And they assign
Verb
Root: جعل
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
يَجْعَلُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
لِلَّهِ
to Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — preposition، prefix
لَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
ٱلْبَنَٰتِ
daughters
Noun
Root: بني
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
بَنَٰتِNoun — fem. plur.، genitive
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ
Glory be to Him
Noun
Root: سبح
Grammar (i'rab)
سُبْحَٰنَNoun — masculine، accusative
هُۥNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
وَلَهُم
And for them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
هُمNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
مَّا
(is) what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّاNoun — relative
يَشْتَهُونَ
they desire
Verb
Root: شهو
Grammar (i'rab)
يَشْتَهُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

And they assign daughters for Allah! - Glory be to Him! - and for themselves (sons,- the issue) they desire!

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They assign daughters to God––may He be exalted!––and the [sons] they desire to themselves.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And they assign unto Allah daughters - Be He Glorified! - and unto themselves what they desire;

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Beğendikleri erkek çocukları kendilerine; kızları da Allah'a malediyorlar. O bundan münezzehtir.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar, Allah'a kızlar isnad ediyorlar. O, bundan münezzehtir. Kendilerine ise erkek çocukları isnad ederler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onlar, kızları Allah’a yakıştırıyorlar. (Haşa)! O yücedir. Beğendikleri de (erkek çocukları da) kendilerinin (sanıyorlar).

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ويجعل الكفار لله البنات، فيقولون: الملائكة بنات الله، تنزَّه الله عن قولهم، ويجعلون لأنفسهم ما يحبون من البنين.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

Where this verse appears

Topics
Oneness of God