Surah 53 · verse 19
An-Najm 53:19
Sign in to listenأَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
a-fara'aytum al-lat wal-'uzza
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَىٰ
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
Verse 17مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَىٰ
The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
Verse 18لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And Manat, the third - the other one?
Verse 21أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
Verse 22تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
That, then, is an unjust division.