تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That, then, is an unjust division.
The Star
تِلْكَ إِذًا قِسْمَةٌ ضِيزَىٰٓ
That, then, is an unjust division.
Nearby ayahs help place verse 53:22 in sequence and meaning.
وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ
And Manat, the third - the other one?
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Is the male for you and for Him the female?
إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءٌ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَـٰنٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ
They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allah has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.
أَمْ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ
Or is there for man whatever he wishes?