Surah As-Saffat (الصافات) • Those who set the Ranks

Quran 37:153

37:153

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīna

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

— Saheeh International

Did He truly choose daughters in preference to sons?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons?

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

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Word by Word

أَصْطَفَىaṣṭafāHas He chosen
ٱلْبَنَاتِl-banāti[the] daughters
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْبَنِينَl-banīnasons