Text of verse 37:154
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ١٥٤
Transliteration
mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūna
Translation
What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
Translation in another language
Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 154
سورة الصافات، الآية ١٥٤
Verse 154 of Surah As-Saffat (37:154), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 452 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 154
Al-Mukhtasar
O idolaters, what is wrong with you that you make this unjust judgment where you make daughters for Allah and sons for yourself?
Other translations of verse 154
What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
What is the matter with you? How do you decide?
What aileth you? How judge ye?
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
What is the matter with you, how is it that you judge?
How is it with you, how do you judge?
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Verses related to verse 154
Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse
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An-Nahl 16:58
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
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An-Najm 53:21–22
أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ …
Is the male for you and for Him the female? …
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Az-Zukhruf 43:19
وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًا أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ
And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.
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Al-Isra 17:40
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken [i.e., adopted] from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.
Verses with similar wording
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
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Al-Qalam 68:36
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
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Yunus 10:35
قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى لِلْحَقِّ أَفَمَن يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَن يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّن لَّا يَهِدِّىٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُهْدَىٰ فَمَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who guides to the truth?" Say, "Allāh guides to the truth. So is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed or he who guides not unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?"