Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
Why - for yourselves [you would choose only] male offspring, whereas to Him [you assign] female
M. M. Pickthall
Are yours the males and His the females
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?
Safi Kaskas
Why do you chose for yourself male offspring and assign to God the female?
Wahiduddin Khan
What! For you the males and for Him the females
Shakir
What! for you the males and for Him the females
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Have you males and has He, females?
T.B.Irving
Do you have sons while He has daughters?
Abdul Hye
Is it for you the sons and for Him the daughters?
The Study Quran
Unto you males and unto Him females
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
So for you the male and for Him the female?
Talal Itani (2012)
Are you to have the males, and He the females
Dr. Kamal Omar
What! For you a son and for Him a daughter
Are you to have sons, and He the daughters
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
Do you have the male (s) and He the female (s)
Muhammad Sarwar
Do sons belong to you and daughters to God
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Is it that you have males and He (Allah) has females
Shabbir Ahmed
Why - for yourselves you would prefer only sons, whereas to Him you assign daughters
Dr. Munir Munshey
(What)? the male offspring are for you, (humans) and for Him are the females
Syed Vickar Ahamed
What (silliness)! For you (yourselves) the male sex, and for Him, the female
Is the male for you and for Him the female
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Do you have the males, while He has the female
Abdel Haleem
are you to have the male and He the female
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
What!-Unto YOu the males and Unto Him the females
Ahmed Ali
Are there sons for you, and daughters for Him
Aisha Bewley
Do you have males and He females?
Ali Ünal
What? For you the males and for Him the females
Ali Quli Qara'i
Are you to have males and He females
Hamid S. Aziz
What! For you the males and for Him the females
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
Are the males for you and females for Him?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
What, for you the male, and for Him, the female
Musharraf Hussain
You chose sons for yourselves and daughters for Allah, why?
Maududi
Shall you have the male issues, and He the female issues
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Do you have the males, while He has the females?
Mohammad Shafi
Are the males for you and for Him the females!
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
What! For you the males and for Him the females.
Do you have sons, while He has these as daughters?
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
What, have you males, and He females
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Are the males for you and for Him the females
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
Are for you the male and for Him the female
Bijan Moeinian
Do you choose sons [and kill your new born girls as you consider them disgraceful] while calling these things as God’s daughters
Faridul Haque
What! For you the son, and for Him the daughter
Sher Ali
`What ! for you the males and for Him the females?
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
(O idolaters!) Are sons for you and daughters for Him (Allah)
Amatul Rahman Omar
What (an ignoble idea you have)! Are you to have sons and He daughters
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Is it for you the males and for Him the females
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
Is it that for you are the male and for Him the female?
Munir Mezyed
What! For you the males, and for Him, the females?
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Do you have males and He has females?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Have you preferred the male gender [for yourselves], and, for Him, the female?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Are youpl to have the males and He the females?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Do you have sons while He has daughters?
Samy Mahdy
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
Ahmed Hulusi
Is the male yours and the female His?
Mir Aneesuddin
What! for you the males and for Him the females?
Have you chosen the idol you designated as male and left to Allah what you designated as female
The Wise Quran
For you the male and for Him the female?