Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the sixteenth verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment)

Sahih International: Or has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?

Pickthall: Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth He you with sons?

Yusuf Ali: What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates, and granted to you sons for choice?

Shakir: What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?

Muhammad Sarwar: Has God chosen some of His own creatures as daughters for Himself and has given you the preference of having sons?

Mohsin Khan: Or has He taken daughters out of what He has created, and He has selected for you sons?

Arberry: Or has He taken to Himself, from that He creates, daughters, and favoured you with sons?

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See Also

• Verse (43:16) Morphology - description of each Arabic word