Surah 53 · verse 21
An-Najm 53:21
Sign in to listenأَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
lakumu adh-dhakaru wa-lahu al-untha
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
لَقَدْ رَأَىٰ مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرَىٰ
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.
Verse 19أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّىٰ
So have you considered al-Lat and al-'Uzza?
Verse 20وَمَنَاةَ الثَّالِثَةَ الْأُخْرَىٰ
And Manat, the third - the other one?
أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰ
That, then, is an unjust division.
Verse 23إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا أَسْمَاءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَا أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُم مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى الْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ الْهُدَىٰ
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
Verse 24أَمْ لِلْإِنسَانِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?
