Surah Al-Isra, ayah 40
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
Al-Isra · 17:40
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- أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْafa-aṣfākumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
- رَبُّكُمrabbukumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
- بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons
- وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaand He has taken
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
- إِنَـٰثًا ۚināthandaughters
- إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
- لَتَقُولُونَlataqūlūnasurely say
- قَوْلًاqawlana word
- عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangrave
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