The Holy Quran 43:16 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَأَصْفَىٰكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ

Translation

Or has (it become part of their beliefs that) Allaah (has) chosen (created) daughters from His creation (for Himself) and selected you to have sons? (Why would Allaah choose daughters when, according to them, daughters are inferior to sons?)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ingratitude and insolence of man: that is, he ought to have recognised the blessings of Allah and given thanks. Instead he descended into open ingratitude and began to behave insolently towards His Majesty. What insolence and ingratitude could be greater than to ascribe offspring to Him — and that too from among His servants, and that too daughters?

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