Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
“He has chosen daughters in preference to sons”
Arthur John Arberry
Has He chosen daughters above sons
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons
Arabic
أَصۡطَفَى ٱلۡبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلۡبَنِینَ ١٥٣
Transliteration (2021)
aṣṭafā l-banāti ʿalā l-banīn