Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 37:153
as-Saffat - Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers
Verse: 37 : 153

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as-Saffat (Those Who Set The Ranks, Drawn up in Ranks, The Rangers) 37:153

37:153 اصطفى البنات على البنين


TransliterationAstafa albanati AAala albaneena
LiteralHe chose/purified the daughters on/over the sons.

Yusuf AliDid He (then) choose daughters rather than sons?
Pickthal(And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.
Arberry Has He chosen daughters above sons?
ShakirHas He chosen daughters in preference to sons?
SarwarHas He chosen daughters in preference to sons?.
KhalifaDid He choose the girls over the boys?
Hilali/KhanHas He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons?
H/K/SaheehHas He chosen daughters over sons?
MalikWould He choose daughters rather than sons?[153]
QXPWhen they say, "He has chosen daughters over sons."
Maulana AliHas He preferred daughters to sons?
Free MindsHas He chosen the daughters over the sons?
Qaribullah Has He chosen daughters above sons?

George SaleHath he chosen daughters preferably to sons?
JM RodwellWould he have preferred daughters to sons?

Asad"He has chosen daughters in preference to sons"! [Cf. 6:100 ("they have invented for Him sons and daughters") and the corresponding notes. See also note on 17:40, as well as 53:19-22 and the corresponding notes.]


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