Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed saying a terrible thing.
Al-Isra' 17:40
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أَفَأَصْفَاكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ بِالْبَنِينَ وَاتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنَاثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
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Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed saying a terrible thing.
Has your Lord chosen sons for you, but taken daughters from the angels for Himself? You're saying something very wrong.
Has your Lord chosen sons for you, but taken daughters from among the angels for Himself? You're saying something terrible!
Has your Lord favored you with sons and taken for Himself females from the angels? Surely you say a monstrous thing.
Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself females from among the angels? You are making an outrageous claim.
Has your Lord favored you with sons, while choosing for Himself females from among the angels? You are making an outrageous claim.
Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
Has then your Lord (O pagans of Makkah!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself from among the angels daughters? Verily you indeed utter an awful saying.
Has your Lord favored you with sons and has taken for Himself angels as daughters? You are indeed making a monstrous claim.
Has then your Lord (O Pagans!) preferred for you sons, and taken for Himself daughters among the angels? Truly ye utter a most dreadful saying!
Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!
What! Has your Lord then favoured you with sons and Himself adopted females from among the angels? What you say is monstrous.
What, has your Lord favoured you with sons and has taken for Himself daughters from among the angels? You are indeed uttering a monstrous lie.
Did your Lord prefer you for sons, and [Himself] adopt females from among the angels? Indeed, you say a monstrous word!
Afaasfakum rabbukum bialbaneena waittakhatha mina almalaikati inathan innakum lataqooloona qawlan AAatheeman