# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 149

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 149 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 450
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-149

## Arabic

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ اَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَۙ

## Transcription

Fastaftihim alirabbika albanatuwalahumu albanoon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

Ask them for a fatwa: does your Lord have daughters while they themselves have sons?

### Progressive Muslims

So ask them: "Are the daughters for your Lord, while the sons are for them"

### Shabbir Ahmed

Now (O Prophet) ask them if your Lord has daughters whereas they have sons! (Do they wish to live with superstitions, such as that Jonah lived in the belly of a fish for forty days and then he got free only by reciting a verse, or that your Lord has offspring)?

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And ask thou them: has thy Lord daughters and they sons?

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

So ask them: "Are the daughters for your Lord, while the sons are for them?"

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

Ask them if your Lord have daughters, while they have sons!

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Now ask them if their Lord has daughters, and they sons?

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

So inquire of them, [O Muúammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?

### Muhammad Asad

AND NOW ask them to enlighten thee: Has thy Sustainer daughters, whereas they would have [only] sons?

### Marmaduke Pickthall

Now ask them (O Muhammad): Hath thy Lord daughters whereas they have sons?

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

So ask their opinion:[1] "(Are you convinced) that your Lord should have daughters and you should have sons?[2]

_Footnotes_
- [1] Another theme starts from here. In the preceding theme that started from verse 11, the Quraish had been put this question: Ask them: what is more difficult: their own creation or of those things that We have created? Now, they are being asked this second question. The object of the first question was to warn the disbelievers of their deviation because of which they regarded life-after-death and the meting out of rewards and punishments as impossible, and therefore, mocked the Prophet (peace be upon him) for it. Now they are being asked this second question to warn them of their ignorance due to which they attributed children to Allah and would join anybody with Allah in any relationship they liked on mere conjecture.
- [2] Traditions show that in Arabia the tribes of Quraish, Juhainah, Bani Salimah, Khuzaah, Bani Mulaih, etc. held the belief that the angels were Allah’s daughters. This belief of their ignorance has been referred to at several places in the Quran, e.g. in(Surah An-Nisa, Ayat 117); (Surah An- Nahl, Aytas 57-58); (Surah Bani-Israil, Ayat 40);(Surah Az- Zukhruf, Ayats 16, 19); (Surah An-Najm, Ayats 21-27).

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And now ask them -the infidels- O Muhammad and question the truth of their dictum: "Has Allah chosen as they irreverently alleged the females and left for them the males!"

### Bijan Moeinian

Ask the disbelievers: "How come you want to have only sons [and kill your daughter considering having them a matter of shame] and then you say that God has daughters?"

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Now ask them (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Are there (only) daughters for your Lord and sons for them?"

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Now ask them their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only) daughters, and they have sons?-

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

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

### Taqi Usmani

So ask them, "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?"

### Abdul Haleem

Now [Muhammad], ask the disbelievers: is it true that your Lord has daughters, while they choose sons for themselves?

### Arthur John Arberry

So ask them for a pronouncement -- Has thy Lord daughters, and they sons?

### E. Henry Palmer

Ask them, 'Has thy Lord daughters while they have sons?

### Hamid S. Aziz

Now ask them (O Muhammad) has your Lord daughters while they have sons?

### Mahmoud Ghali

So, ask them for a pronouncement, "Has your Lord daughters, and they have sons?

### George Sale

Inquire of the Meccans whether thy Lord hath daughters, and they sons?

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Now ask them (the unbelievers) what they think: Is it that your Lord has (only) daughters, and they have sons?

### Amatul Rahman Omar

Now ask these (disbelievers) whether daughters are for your Lord (as they assert), and sons for themselves.

### Ali Quli Qarai

Ask them, are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them?

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

O halde sor görüşlerini onlara (o müşriklere): "Kız çocukları Rabbinin, erkek çocukları onların mı?"

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Şimdi sen onlara sor: -Kızlar senin Rabbinin, erkek çocuklar onların mı?

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Müşriklere sor: "Kızlar Rabbinin de, erkekler onların mıdır?"

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Ey Muhammed! Onlara sor: Kız çocukları Rabbinin de, erkek çocukları onların mı?

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Şimdi sor o seninkilere: rabbına kızlar, onlara oğullar öyle mi?

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Şimdi sor o seninkilere: "Kızlar Rabbine, oğullar onlara öyle mi?

### Gültekin Onan

Şimdi sen onlara sor: "Kızlar senin rabbinin, erkek çocuklar onların mı?"

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Şimdi sor (Habibim) onlara: Her halde kızlar Rabbinin de, oğullar onların mı?!

### İbni Kesir

Şimdi sen, onlara sor, kızlar senin Rabbının da, oğlanlar onların mı?

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Şimdi onlardan sana cevap vermelerini iste: senin Rabbinin kızları var da onların (yalnız) erkek çocukları mı var?

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Onlara sor, kızlar Allah'ın da, oğlanlar onların mı?

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Şimdi onlara sor: Rabbine kızlar, onlara da oğlanlar mı?

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Şimdi sor şunlara: "Kızlar Rabbinin de oğlanlar onların mı?"

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

İmdi onlardan şu sorunun cevabını iste: "Senin Rabbinin payına yalnızca kızlar onlara da oğullar düştü, öyle mi?

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Haydi, onlara sor: "Kız çocuklar Rabb'inin de oğlan çocuklar onların mı?"

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Şimdi, onlara sor: "Kız çocukları Efendinin de erkek çocukları onların mı?"[382]

_Footnotes_
- [382] 37:149,150 ayetleri, Arap toplumunda, kız isimleri verilerek kutsallaştırılmış kişilerinsimgelerin, Allah'a aracılık yaptıkları konusundaki sapkın inanışları anlatmaktadır. Bu konu 43:16-19 ve 53:19-21 ayetlerinde de bildirilmiştir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Şimdi onlardan (Mekkelilerden) sağlam bir görüş iste; kızlar Rabbinin de oğlanlar onların mı?

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Onlara (müşriklere) sor: "Kızlar Rabbinin de erkekler onların mı?"

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Haydi, onlara sor: "Kız çocuklar Rabb'inin de oğlan çocuklar onların mı?"

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Haydi, onlara sor: "Kız çocuklar Rabb'inin de oğlan çocuklar onların mı?"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Şimdi onlara (Mekkelilere) görüşlerini sor; kızlar Rabbinin de oğullar onların mı?[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] [En'am 6/100,](https://quran.so/6/100) [Nahl 16/57,](https://quran.so/16/57) [İsra 17/40,](https://quran.so/17/40) [Zuhruf 43/16,](https://quran.so/43/16) [Tur 52/39,](https://quran.so/52/39) [Necm 53/21.](https://quran.so/53/21)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ — fa-is'taftihim | Then ask them | فتي — Fe-Te-Ye |
| 2 | أَلِرَبِّكَ — alirabbika | Does your Lord | ربب — Ra-Ba-Ba |
| 3 | ٱلْبَنَاتُ — l-banātu | (have) daughters | بني — Be-Nun-Ye |
| 4 | وَلَهُمُ — walahumu | while for them | — |
| 5 | ٱلْبَنُونَ — l-banūna | (are) sons | بني — Be-Nun-Ye |

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