Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Or [do you think], perchance, that out of all His creation He has chosen for Himself daughters, and favoured you with sons
Arthur John Arberry
Or has He taken to Himself, from that He creates, daughters, and favoured you with sons
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
What! has He taken daughters out of what He himself creates, and granted to you sons for choice
Arabic
أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ مِمَّا یَخۡلُقُ بَنَاتࣲ وَأَصۡفَىٰكُم بِٱلۡبَنِینَ ١٦
Transliteration (2021)
ami ittakhadha mimmā yakhluqu banātin wa-aṣfākum bil-banīn