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Surah As-Saffat, verse 149: meaning and tafsir
فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ١٤٩
So ask them, “Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?”[35]
Translation of the meanings: Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19 · QuranEnc.com
[35] The pagans of Makkah claimed that angels were Allah’s daughters, while preferring sons for themselves.
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149. O Muhammad! So ask these idolaters, idolaters a rebuking question: “Do you attribute for Allah daughters which you yourselves dislike, while attributing sons for yourselves whom you love? What kind of distribution is this?”
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