The Holy Quran 17:40 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا

Translation

(Referring to the beliefs of the Mushrikeen that the angels are Allaah's daughters, Allaah says,) Has your Rabb chosen sons only for you (because you love to have sons) and taken the angels as His daughters? You are surely making a preposterous (huge blunder) Statement (a huge blunder by choosing for Allaah what you dislike for yourselves when you regard Him to be your Rabb).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, it is bad enough to ascribe offspring to Allah, and then offspring that are daughters, whom you yourselves regard with utter contempt! This is an enormous insolence.

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