وَيَجْعَلُونَ And they assign wayajʿalūna to what limā not lā they know yaʿlamūna a portion naṣīban of what mimmā We have provided them razaqnāhum By Allah tal-lahi surely you will be asked latus'alunna about what ʿammā you used (to) kuntum invent taftarūna
And they assign to what they do not know [i.e., false deities] a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allāh, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.
وَيَجْعَلُونَ And they assign wayajʿalūna to Allah lillahi daughters l-banāti Glory be to Him sub'ḥānahu And for them walahum (is) what mā they desire yashtahūna
And they attribute to Allāh daughters - exalted is He - and for them is what they desire [i.e., sons].
وَإِذَا And when wa-idhā is given good news bushira (to) one of them aḥaduhum of a female bil-unthā turns ẓalla his face wajhuhu dark mus'waddan and he wahuwa suppresses grief kaẓīmun
And when one of them is informed of [the birth of] a female, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
يَتَوَٰرَىٰ He hides himself yatawārā from mina the people l-qawmi (because) of min the evil sūi of what mā he has been given good news bushira about bihi Should he keep it ayum'sikuhu in ʿalā humiliation hūnin or am bury it yadussuhu in fī the dust l-turābi Unquestionably alā evil sāa (is) what mā they decide yaḥkumūna
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
لِلَّذِينَ For those who lilladhīna (do) not lā believe yu'minūna in the Hereafter bil-ākhirati (is) a similitude mathalu (of) the evil l-sawi and for Allah walillahi (is) the similitude l-mathalu the Highest l-aʿlā And He wahuwa (is) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu All-Wise l-ḥakīmu
For those who do not believe in the Hereafter is the description [i.e., an attribute] of evil; and for Allāh is the highest attribute. And He is Exalted in Might, the Wise.