وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْبَنَـٰتِ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- மேலும், அவர்கள் அல்லாஹ்வுக்குப் பெண் மக்களை ஏற்படுத்துகிறார்கள்; அவன் (இவர்கள் கூறுவதிலிருந்து) மகா பரிசுத்தமானவன். ஆனால் அவர்கள் தங்களுக்காக விரும்புவதோ (ஆண் குழந்தைகள்).
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අල්ලාහ්ට දූවරුන් පත් කොට ඔවුනට ඔවුන් ප්රිය කරන දෑ (පුතුන්) පත් කර ගනිති. (ඔවුන් සිතන දැයින්) ඔහු සුවිශුද්ධ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور وه اللہ سبحانہ وتعالیٰ کے لیے لڑکیاں مقرر کرتے ہیں اور اپنے لیے وه جو اپنی خواہش کے مطابق ہو.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- またかれらは，アッラーには女児があると言う。何ともったいないことよ。自分たちには自分の願うもの（男児）があるというのに。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们以女儿归真主--赞颂真主，超绝万物--而以他们所愿望的归自己。
Tafsir of 16:57
Among the Behavior of the Idolators was vowing to Things that Allah had provided for Them to their gods Allah tells us about some of the heinous deeds of those who used to perform baseless worship of other gods besides Him, such as idols and statues, with no grounds for doing so. They gave their idols a share of that which Allah had provided for them, فَقَالُواْ هَذَا لِلَّهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهَذَا لِشُرَكَآئِنَا فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ فَلاَ يَصِلُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ إِلَى شُرَكَآئِهِمْ سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ (They say: "This is for Allah," according to their claim, "and this is for our partners." But the share of their "partners" is not directed to Allah, while the share of Allah is directed to their "partners"! How evil is that with which they judge) (6:136) That is they assigned a share for their idols as well as Allah, but they gave preference to their gods over Him, so Allah swore by His Almighty Self to question them about these lies and fabrications. He will most certainly call them to account for it and give them the unrelenting punishment in the fire of Hell.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
