Surah Nahl ayat 57 Tafsir Quran 16:57

﴿وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ الْبَنَاتِ سُبْحَانَهُ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 57]

16:57 And they attribute to Allah daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire.

And they assign to God daughters by claiming that the angels are the daughters of God — Be He glorified! — a declaration that He is exalted above that which they claim — while they will have what they desire namely sons the status of this sentence is either independent nominative or that of an accusative object of the verb yaj‘alūna ‘they assign’. The meaning is that to Him they assign daughters to whom they are averse when in any case He is exalted beyond having offspring while to themselves they assign sons of their own choosing so that the best is theirs exclusively — like where God says Now ask them are daughters to be for your Lord while sons are to be for them? Q. 37149.

And in their corrupted minds, they presume upon Allah; they regard the angels as females (the gender they detest) and ascribe them to Him as His daughters; exalted be He. Yet they ascribe to themselves the males, the gender they approve and favourably accept

(16:57) They assign daughters to Allah; *50 praise be to God! as for themselves, they would like to have what they desire. *51

And they attribute to Allah daughters - meaning

*50) This refers to a tradition of the ancient Arabs.
They regarded their goddesses and angels as daughters of God.

*51) That is, " sons ".

 

( And they assign unto Allah daughters ) they say: the angels are Allah’s daughters. ( Be He glorified! ) Allah exonerates Himself from having children or partners ( and unto themselves what they desire ) of sons;

And they assign daughters unto Allah! Glorified (and Exalted) be He above all that they associate with Him!. And unto themselves what they desire;

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