Quran 43 : 16

Or has He taken of what, He has created, daughters and He has chosen (for) you sons.
أَمِ
Aami
ٱتَّخَذَ
Ittakhadha
مِمَّا
Mimmā
يَخْلُقُ
Yakhluqu
بَنَاتٍ
Banātin
وَأَصْفَىٰكُم
Waaṣfaāākum
بِٱلْبَنِينَ
Bialbanīna

Abdel Haleem

Has He taken daughters for Himself and favoured you with sons

Safi Kaskas

Or has He taken daughters for himself and favored you with sons?

Edward Henry Palmer

Has He taken of what He creates daughters, and chosen sons for you

The Wise Quran

Or has He taken of what He creates daughters, and chosen sons for you?

Mustaqim

Has He then taken daughters from what He created and chosen for you sons?

Dr. Kamal Omar

Has He taken daughters from what He has created, and honoured you with sons

Sher Ali

Has HE taken daughters from what HE has created, and favoured you with sons

Wahiduddin Khan

Has He then taken daughters out of His own creation and chosen sons for you

Ali Quli Qara'i

Did He adopt daughters from what He creates while He preferred you with sons

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

Has He taken for Him daughters of His Creations and has chosen you with sons?

Aisha Bewley

Has He then taken daughters from what He has created and chosen sons for you?

T.B.Irving

Or should He adopt daughters from what He creates and single out sons for you?

The Study Quran

Or has He taken daughters from that which He creates and favored you with sons

Mir Aneesuddin

What ! has He taken daughters from what He has created and chosen sons for you?

Mohammad Shafi

Has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates, and chosen sons for you!

Irving/Hegab

Or should He adopt daughters from what He creates and single out sons for you?

Bilal Muhammad 2018

What, has He taken daughters out of what He Himself creates, and given sons to you

Corpus.Quran

Or has He taken of what He has created daughters and He has chosen (for) you sons

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Or took He to Himself daughters from what He creates and selected He sons for you?

Musharraf Hussain

So Allah chose daughters for Himself from His creation and preferred sons for you?

Linda "iLham" Barto

Has He taken daughters from what He has created and then has chosen sons for you?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or has He taken daughters to Himself of what He creates and chosen you to have sons

Munir Mezyed

Or has He taken daughters to Himself of what He creates and favored you with sons?

Samy Mahdy

Or has He taken from what He creates daughters and He has selected you by the sons?

Bakhtiari Nejad

Did He take daughters (for Himself) from what He creates, and He chose sons for you?

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

MunirMezyed2023

Or has He taken daughters for Himself of what He creates and favored you with sons?

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

Did He choose daughters for Himself from what He created, and favored you with sons?

Faridul Haque

Has He chosen daughters for Himself from His creation, and selected only sons for you

Hilali - Khan

Or has He taken daughters out of what He has created, and He has selected for you sons

Talal Itani (2012)

Or has He chosen for Himself daughters from what He creates, and favored you with sons

Arthur John Arberry

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

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

Or has He selected daughters from among His creation, while He has left you with the sons

Ahmed Ali

Or has He taken from those He has created daughters for Himself, and assigned sons to you

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Or, has He taken daughters from those He has created for Himself and favored sons for you

John Medows Rodwell

Hath God adopted daughters from among those whom he hath created, and chosen sons for you

Ahmed Hulusi

Or has He taken the daughters for Himself, out of His creation, and left the sons for you?

N J Dawood 2014

Would God choose daughters for Himself from what He created and favour you with sons?²

Rashad Khalifa

Has He chosen from among His creations daughters for Himself, while blessing you with sons?

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Or He took/received from what He creates daughters, and he chose (specialized) you with sons

Shabbir Ahmed

What! Has He taken daughters out of what He Himself created and grants you sons of your choice

Shakir

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Or even has He taken to Him, from what He creates, daughters and has elected for you (only) sons

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Or has He (Allah) chosen daughters from what He Himself creates, and given to you sons of choice

Hamid S. Aziz

What! Has He taken daughters to Himself out of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons

Maududi

Has Allah taken for Himself daughters out of those whom He creates and has chosen you to have sons

George Sale

Hath God taken daughters out of those beings which He hath created; and hath He chosen sons for you

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Hath He taken for Himself from whatsoever He hath created daughters, and hath honoured you with sons

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Is it that He has adopted daughters from those whom He has created, and chosen you for (having) sons

Dr. Munir Munshey

Out of everything He created, did He really choose for Himself daughters, while He blessed you with sons

Ali Ünal

What! has He taken to Himself daughters out of all that He creates, and "honored" you with sons

Muhammad Sarwar

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

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Has He taken ˹angels as His˺ daughters from what He created, and favoured you ˹O pagans˺ with sons?

Fode Drame

Or is it that He has taken unto Himself daughters out of that which He has created while He has favored you with the sons.

Muhammad Asad

Or [do you think], perchance, that out of all His creation He has chosen for Himself daughters, and favoured you with sons

Abdul Hye

Or has He taken daughters (pagan Arabs used to believe that angels were daughters of Allah) out of what He has created, and has He selected for you sons?

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(O disbelievers! Reply according to your calibre of thinking:) ‘Has He chosen (for Himself) daughters out of His Creation and has specified sons for you?

Amatul Rahman Omar

Or has He taken to Himself daughters from the things He Himself has created (as the pagans describe the angels to be God's daughters) and has chosen you for (honouring with) the sons

Bijan Moeinian

[They say] God has chosen females (whom He has created at first place) as His daughters while bless them with sons [as they consider having a female child is a matter of sham!]