Quran 43 : 18

Then (is one) who is brought up in ornaments and he in the dispute (is) not clear.
أَوَمَن
Aawaman
يُنَشَّؤُا۟
Yunashshauua
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْحِلْيَةِ
Alḥilyahi
وَهُوَ
Wahuwa
فِى
Fiā
ٱلْخِصَامِ
Alkhiṣāmi
غَيْرُ
Ghayru
مُبِينٍ
Mubīnin

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"What good is an offspring that is brought up to be beautiful, and cannot help in a fight?

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

Is then one brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a clear account in a dispute (to be associated with Allah)

Wahiduddin Khan

[Do you ascribe to God] one who is brought up among ornaments and who cannot produce a cogent argument

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah ]

The Wise Quran

One brought up in ornaments? And he in the altercation is not clear?

The Study Quran

“What! One who is reared amid ornaments and is incoherent in dispute?

Talal Itani (2012)

'Someone brought up to be beautiful, and unable to help in a fight?'

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

“An entity nurtured amidst ornaments?” And he suppresses inner conflicts.

T.B.Irving

Is someone who is set up just to look pretty while he is unable to discuss things clearly [worth worshipping]?

Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then, is one brought up in pettiness, and unable to give clear account in a dispute (to have the likeness to Allah)

Sher Ali

Do they assign to ALLAH one who is nurtured among ornaments, and who is not able to give clear expression to an argument in disputation

Shakir

What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech

Shabbir Ahmed

(He says), "What! That which has to be raised in ornaments?" And then he finds himself in an inner conflict (whether to let the daughter live or bury her in the dust! (16:58-59.

Samy Mahdy

“Or who was engendered in the sweet creation medium (Embryo), and he is in the dispute not obviously defined (Male or Female)?”

Safi Kaskas

what [am I to have a daughter], someone to be brought up in ornaments but cannot help in a fight?

Rashad Khalifa

(They say,) "What is good about an offspring that is brought up to be beautiful, and cannot help in war?"

N J Dawood 2014

Or would they ascribe to God females who adorn themselves with trinkets and are powerless in disputation

Mustaqim

Someone brought up amongst pleasantries - and he cannot sustain the argument.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

˹Do they attribute to Him˺ those who are brought up in fineries and are not commanding in disputes?

Musharraf Hussain

“What!” One who is brought up in fine jewellery and incapable of presenting a case clearly.

MunirMezyed2023

Do they ascribe to Allâh one who is reared amid ornaments and incapable of making plain speech in disputes?

Munir Mezyed

Do they ascribe to Allâh one who is reared amid ornaments and incapable of making plain speech in disputes?

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

Is it that (Allah has chosen) those (as His offspring) who are grown up in ornaments and who cannot express themselves in debate clearly

Muhammad Sarwar

Does God choose for Himself the kind of children who grow up wearing ornaments and who are not strong enough to defend their rights

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

(Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Is he who is brought up amid ornaments and in adversariness is without (demonstrable) evidence (to be associated with Allah)

Muhammad Asad

“What! [Am I to have a daughter -] one who is to be reared [only] for the sake of ornament?” and thereupon he finds himself torn by a vague inner conflict

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

Is who (is) being brought up/originated in the ornament/decoration (luxuriated i.e.: girls and those effeminate and unmanly) and he is in the dispute/controversy/argument not evident/shown

Mohammad Shafi

[The man given the news of a daughter born to him thinks, "Am I now saddled with an offspring] to be brought up in jewellery?" And he lapses into a dilemma [whether to keep the child alive or kill her. Refer Verses :, ]

Mir Aneesuddin

What ! ( do they assign to Allah daughters ) who are brought up in ornaments and who are without clarity during a dispute?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is one decked with ornaments and unable to make plain speech in disputes (a partner with God)

Maududi

Do they assign to Allah one who grows up amidst ornaments and is not well-versed in the art of disputation

Linda "iLham" Barto

Is a (female) [that you regard as] raised with trinkets and defenseless in a fight [comparable to Allah]?

John Medows Rodwell

What! make they a being to be the offspring of God who is brought up among trinkets, and is ever contentious without reason

Irving/Hegab

Is someone who is set up just to look pretty while he is unable to discuss things clearly [worth worshipping]?

Hilali - Khan

(Do they then like for Allah) a creature who is brought up in adornments (wearing silk and gold ornaments, i.e. women), and in dispute cannot make herself clear

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

(As such they attribute to Allah) who is brought up among ornaments but when disputes arise are powerless

Hamid S. Aziz

What! (Liken they Allah to) that which is bred among ornaments and which in disputes cannot make itself plain (or give an account of itself)

George Sale

Do they therefore attribute unto God female issue, which are brought up among ornaments, and are contentious without cause

Fode Drame

Is he then the one who is raised in the ornament and while he is in the course of the argument does not make things evident.

Faridul Haque

And (do they chose for Him) one who is brought up among ornaments, and cannot express herself clearly in debate

Edward Henry Palmer

What! one brought up amongst ornaments, and who is always in contention without obvious cause

Dr. Munir Munshey

(You associate with Allah) the offspring that is brought up adorned with jewelry, and cannot assert itself during (times of) conflict (and battle)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And (will Allah make her His offspring for partnership and assistance in His affairs) who is raised in refinery and is not bold (in giving her opinion expressly) in a contention (owing to her mild, modest and feminine temperament)

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

Is whoever is brought up amid glitter one who is without clarity when he is in an altercation?

Dr. Kamal Omar

“What then? Such a one who is reared in ornaments and that who is not clear (when pleading) in a disputation.” [The anti-women comments proceed from misguided people]

Corpus.Quran

Then (is one) who is brought up in ornaments and he in the dispute (is) not clear

Bilal Muhammad 2018

One who is to be reared to be a trophy, and finds themselves torn by inner conflict

Bijan Moeinian

How dare they to assign a baby girl, wrapped up in ornaments and unable even to talk, as God’s daughter

Bakhtiari Nejad

Or (do they assign to God) someone who is raised in luxury, and who is unclear in the debate?

Arthur John Arberry

What, one who is reared amid ornaments and, when the time of altercation comes, is not to be seen

Amatul Rahman Omar

(Is he your god) who is brought up in the midst of ornaments and who is unable to make a clear expression (to an argument) and a plain speech in disputation (and discussions)

Ali Ünal

"What! (Am I to have a daughter –) one who is brought up in adornments, and unable to be clear in disputation?"

Ali Quli Qara'i

‘What! One who is brought up amid ornaments and is inconspicuous in contests?’

Aisha Bewley

´What! Someone brought up among pretty trinkets who cannot produce a cogent argument!´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And what! One who is reared in ornaments, and speaks not clearly in altercation?

Ahmed Hulusi

Or do you attribute the one brought up in ornaments (daughters), who you consider is unable to engage in an argument (to Allah)!

Ahmed Ali

Can one who has been raised on ornaments and cannot present her case coolly in a dispute (be associated with God?

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Hath He taken to Himself that which is reared in ornaments, and is in contention not plain

Abdul Hye

(Do they then like for Allah) a creature who is brought up in ornaments (women) and is unable to make itself clear in dispute?

Abdel Haleem

‘Someone who is brought up amongst trinkets, who cannot put together a clear argument?’