Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 153

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:153
37:153

أَصْطَفَى ٱلْبَنَاتِ عَلَى ٱلْبَنِينَ

Has He chosen daughters over sons?

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:153 in sequence and meaning.

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

" Allah has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?

أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Then will you not be reminded?