أَلَكُمُ
ٱلذَّكَرُ
وَلَهُ
ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ
٢١

Do you ˹prefer to˺ have sons while ˹you attribute˺ to Him daughters?¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:22

تِلۡكَ

إِذٗا

قِسۡمَةٞ

ضِيزَىٰٓ

٢٢

Then this is ˹truly˺ a biased distribution!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:23

إِنۡ

هِيَ

إِلَّآ

أَسۡمَآءٞ

سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ

أَنتُمۡ

وَءَابَآؤُكُم

مَّآ

أَنزَلَ

ٱللَّهُ

بِهَا

مِن

سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ

إِن

يَتَّبِعُونَ

إِلَّا

ٱلظَّنَّ

وَمَا

تَهۡوَى

ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ

وَلَقَدۡ

جَآءَهُم

مِّن

رَّبِّهِمُ

ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ

٢٣

These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up¹—a practice Allah has never authorized. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions and whatever ˹their˺ souls desire, although ˹true˺ guidance has already come to them from their Lord.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:24

أَمۡ

لِلۡإِنسَٰنِ

مَا

تَمَنَّىٰ

٢٤

Or should every person ˹simply˺ have whatever ˹intercessors˺ they desire?¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:25

فَلِلَّهِ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ

وَٱلۡأُولَىٰ

٢٥

In fact, to Allah ˹alone˺ belongs this world and the next.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:26

۞ وَكَم

مِّن

مَّلَكٖ

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

لَا

تُغۡنِي

شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ

شَيۡـًٔا

إِلَّا

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

أَن

يَأۡذَنَ

ٱللَّهُ

لِمَن

يَشَآءُ

وَيَرۡضَىٰٓ

٢٦

˹Imagine˺ how many ˹noble˺ angels are in the heavens! ˹Even˺ their intercession would be of no benefit whatsoever, until Allah gives permission to whoever He wills and ˹only for the people He˺ approves.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:27

إِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

لَا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

لَيُسَمُّونَ

ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ

تَسۡمِيَةَ

ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ

٢٧

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter label angels as female,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:28

وَمَا

لَهُم

بِهِۦ

مِنۡ

عِلۡمٍۖ

إِن

يَتَّبِعُونَ

إِلَّا

ٱلظَّنَّۖ

وَإِنَّ

ٱلظَّنَّ

لَا

يُغۡنِي

مِنَ

ٱلۡحَقِّ

شَيۡـٔٗا

٢٨

although they have no knowledge ˹in support˺ of this. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions. And surely assumptions can in no way replace the truth.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

53:29