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Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 39

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أَمْ لَهُ ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ ﴿39﴾
Or has He (Allâh) only daughters and you have sons?
أَمْ am Or
لَهُ lahu for Him
ٱلْبَنَـٰتُ l-banātu (are) daughters
وَلَكُمُ walakumu while for you
ٱلْبَنُونَ l-banūna (are) sons

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(Ayah 39) {اَمْ لَهُ الْبَنٰتُ وَ لَكُمُ الْبَنُوْنَ:} Then, when they have no access to the higher realm, how did they come to know that Allah needs offspring to manage the system of the universe, and how did they decide that, when making offspring, He chose daughters for Himself instead of sons and selected sons for them? Even though these people never prefer daughters for themselves. See Surah An-Nahl (57 to 60) and Surah Az-Zukhruf (16 to 18).

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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39. Or does He (Allah) have daughters [33] while you have sons?

[33] Then, when they do not have access to the higher realm, how did they come to know that Allah needs offspring to run the system of the universe? Then these wretched people have attributed offspring to Allah—and not sons, but daughters, whom they themselves greatly dislike.