Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:57

16:57

وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْبَنَـٰتِ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ ۙ وَلَهُم مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ

wayajʿalūna lillahi l-banāti sub'ḥānahu walahum mā yashtahūna

And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].

— Saheeh International

They assign daughters to God––may He be exalted!––and the [sons] they desire to themselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they assign daughters unto Allâh! - Glorified (and Exalted) is He above all that they associate with Him! And unto themselves what they desire;

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَيَجْعَلُونَwayajʿalūnaAnd they assign
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
ٱلْبَنَـٰتِl-banātidaughters
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥۙsub'ḥānahuGlory be to Him
وَلَهُمwalahumAnd for them
مَّاmā(is) what
يَشْتَهُونَyashtahūnathey desire