الشورى
Ash-Shura
Surah 42
Verse 51
الشورى
The Consultation • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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42:51
أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَٰثًا ۖ وَيَجْعَلُ مَن يَشَآءُ عَقِيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Or He mixes them, males and females; and He makes whom He pleases barren. Surely, He is All-Knowing, Powerful.
English - Five Volume Translation
Or He mixes them, males and females; and He makes whom He pleases barren. Surely, He is All-Knowing, Powerful.[3636]
Commentary:
In this and the previous verse the disbelievers are warned that God has decreed that whereas the followers of Islam will increase and multiply, the disbelievers will decrease and become barren—their children joining the fold of Islam.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Or, He mixes them, males and females; and He makes whom He pleases barren.[2664] Surely, He is All-Knowing, Powerful.
In this and the preceding verse the disbelievers have been warned that God has decreed that whereas the followers of Islam will increase and multiply, they will decrease and become barren—their children joining the fold of Islam.