Surah Al Isra ayat 40 Tafsir Quran 17:40

﴿أَفَأَصْفَاكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِالْبَنِينَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَاثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا﴾
[ الإسراء: 40]

17:40 Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

Has your Lord then preferred you has He distinguished you exclusively O Meccans with sons and chosen for Himself females from among the angels? as daughters for Himself in the way that you are wont to claim. Truly by saying this you are speaking a monstrous word!

Do you -infidels- really believe that Allah, your Creator, has committed to you the sons and ascribed to Himself the daughters from among the angels! In effect what you put in words to describe your thoughts of Him is indeed malicious, slanderous, blasphemous and of grave consequence

Has then your Lord preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? Verily, you indeed utter an awful saying ( 40 ) Refutation of Those Who claim that the Angels are Daughters of Allah Allah refutes the lying idolators who claim, may the curse of Allah be upon them, that the angels are the daughters of Allah.
They made the angels, who are the servants of Ar-Rahman ( the Most Beneficent ), females, and called them daughters of Allah, then they worshipped them.
They were gravely wrong on all three counts.
Allah says, denouncing them: أَفَأَصْفَاكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِالْبَنِينَ ( Has then your Lord preferred for you sons, ) meaning, has He given only you sons? وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَاثًا ( and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? ) meaning, has He chosen for Himself, as you claim, daughters? Then Allah denounces them even more severely, and says: إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا ( Verily, you indeed utter an awful saying. ) meaning, in your claim that Allah has children, then you say that His children are female, which you do not like for yourselves and may even kill them by burying them alive.
That is indeed a division most unfair! Allah says: وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا - لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا - تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا - أَن دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدًا - وَمَا يَنبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا - إِن كُلُّ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا آتِي الرَّحْمَٰنِ عَبْدًا - لَّقَدْ أَحْصَاهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا - وَكُلُّهُمْ آتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًا ( And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah ) has begotten a child." Indeed you have brought forth ( said ) a terrible evil thing.
Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins.
That they ascribe a son child to the Most Beneficent.
But it is not suitable for ( the majesty of ) the Most Beneficent that he should beget a child.
There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent as a servant.
Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting.
And every one of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.)( 19:88-95 )

(17:40) What! has your Lord favoured you with sons and adopted angels as daughters for Himself? *46 Indeed it is a big lie that you are uttering.

Then, has your Lord chosen you for meaning

*46) Please refer to verses 57-59 and their E.N's.

 

Has then your Lord preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? Verily, you indeed utter an awful saying ( 40 ) Refutation of Those Who claim that the Angels are Daughters of Allah Allah refutes the lying idolators who claim, may the curse of Allah be upon them, that the angels are the daughters of Allah.
They made the angels, who are the servants of Ar-Rahman ( the Most Beneficent ), females, and called them daughters of Allah, then they worshipped them.
They were gravely wrong on all three counts.
Allah says, denouncing them: أَفَأَصْفَاكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِالْبَنِينَ ( Has then your Lord preferred for you sons, ) meaning, has He given only you sons? وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَاثًا ( and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? ) meaning, has He chosen for Himself, as you claim, daughters? Then Allah denounces them even more severely, and says: إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا ( Verily, you indeed utter an awful saying. ) meaning, in your claim that Allah has children, then you say that His children are female, which you do not like for yourselves and may even kill them by burying them alive.
That is indeed a division most unfair! Allah says: وَقَالُوا اتَّخَذَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا - لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا - تَكَادُ السَّمَاوَاتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ الْجِبَالُ هَدًّا - أَن دَعَوْا لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدًا - وَمَا يَنبَغِي لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا - إِن كُلُّ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِلَّا آتِي الرَّحْمَٰنِ عَبْدًا - لَّقَدْ أَحْصَاهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا - وَكُلُّهُمْ آتِيهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَرْدًا ( And they say: "The Most Beneficent (Allah ) has begotten a child." Indeed you have brought forth ( said ) a terrible evil thing.
Whereby the heavens are almost torn, and the earth split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins.
That they ascribe a son child to the Most Beneficent.
But it is not suitable for ( the majesty of ) the Most Beneficent that he should beget a child.
There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent as a servant.
Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting.
And every one of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection.)( 19:88-95 )

( Hath your Lord then distinguished you ) chosen you ( (O men of Mecca ) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels) as daughters? ( Lo! verily you speak ) about Allah ( an awful word! ) which deserves a severe punishment; it is also said that this means: you speak an awful word as a lie about Allah.

Has then your Lord (O pagans of Makkah) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters. Verily! You utter an awful saying, indeed.

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