ٱلصَّافَّات : ١٥٣

  • أَصۡطَفَى Has He chosen
  • ٱلۡبَنَاتِ [the] daughters
  • عَلَى over
  • ٱلۡبَنِينَ sons
Has He chosen daughters over sons?
Has He preferred daughters to sons? (read a'stafaa, 'has He preferred', indicating an interrogative [hamza], which stands in place of the omitted conjunctive hamza).