P: Or chooseth He daughters of all that He hath created, and honoureth
He you with sons?
S: What! has He taken daughters to Himself of what He Himself creates and chosen you to have sons?
043.017 Y: When news is brought to one of them of (the birth of) what he sets up as a likeness to (Allah) Most Gracious, his face darkens, and he is filled with inward grief!
P: And if one of them hath tidings of that which he likeneth to the Beneficent One, his countenance becometh black and he is full of inward rage.
S: And when one of them is given news of that of which he sets up as a likeness for the Beneficent Allah, his face becomes black and he is full of rage.
043.018 Y: Is then one brought up among trinkets, and unable to give a clear account in a dispute (to be associated with Allah)?
P: (Liken they then to Allah) that which is bred up in outward show, and in dispute cannot make itself plain?
S: What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech!
043.019 Y: And they make into females angels who themselves serve Allah. Did they witness their creation? Their evidence will be recorded, and they will be called to account!
P: And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded and they will be questioned.