{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/04302.htm","path":"isl/quran/04302.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/04302.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n16. Ami ittakhatha mimma yakhluqu banatin waasfakum bialbaneena\n16. What! Has He taken\n Daughters out of what He\n Himself creates, and granted\n To you sons for choice?\n17. Wa-itha bushshira ahaduhum bima daraba lilrrahmani mathalan thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun\n17. When news is brought\n To one of them of (the birth\n Of) what he sets up\n As a likeness to (God)\n Most Gracious, his face\n Darkens, and he is filled\n With inward grief!\n18. Awaman yunashshao fee alhilyati wahuwa fee alkhisami ghayru mubeenin\n18. Is then one brought up\n Among trinkets, and unable\n To give a clear account\n In a dispute (to be\n Associated with God)?\n19. WajaAAaloo almala-ikata allatheena hum AAibadu alrrahmani inathan ashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahadatuhum wayus-aloona\n19. And they make into females\n Angels who themselves serve\nGod. Did they witness\n Their creation? Their evidence\n Will be recorded, and they\n Will be called to account!\n20. Waqaloo law shaa alrrahmanu ma AAabadnahum ma lahum bithalika min AAilmin in hum illa yakhrusoona\n20. (\"Ah!\") they say, \"If\n It had been the Will\n Of (God) Most Gracious,\n We should not have\n Worshipped such (deities)!\"\n Of that they have\n No knowledge! They\n Do nothing but lie!\n21. Am ataynahum kitaban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoona\n21. What! have We given them\n A Book before this,\n To which they are\n Holding fast?\n22. Bal qaloo inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihim muhtadoona\n22. Nay! they say: \"We found\n Our fathers following\n A certain religion,\n And we do guide ourselves\n By their footsteps.\"\n23. Wakathalika ma arsalna min qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illa qala mutrafooha inna wajadna abaana AAala ommatin wa-inna AAala atharihim muqtadoona\n23. Just in the same way,\n Whenever We sent a Warner\n Before thee to any people,\n The wealthy ones among them\n Said: \"We found our fathers\n Following a certain religion,\n And we will certainly\n Follow in their footsteps.\"\n24. Qala awa law ji/tukum bi-ahda mimma wajadtum AAalayhi abaakum qaloo inna bima orsiltum bihi kafiroona\n24. He said: \"What!\n Even if I brought you\n Better guidance than that\n Which ye found\n Your fathers following?\"\n They said: \"For us,\n We deny that ye (prophets)\n Are sent (on a mission\n At all).\"\n25. Faintaqamna minhum faonthur kayfa kana AAaqibatu almukaththibeena\n25. So We exacted retribution\n From them: now see\n What was the end\n Of those who rejected (Truth)!","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra XLIII.: Zukhruf, ...","type":"page"}