وَمَناةَ الثّالِثَةَ الأُخرىٰ

And Manat, the third one, the other?

أَلَكُمُ الذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ الأُنثىٰ

So for you the male and for Him the female?

تِلكَ إِذًا قِسمَةٌ ضيزىٰ

What a bizarre distribution!

إِن هِيَ إِلّا أَسماءٌ سَمَّيتُموها أَنتُم وَآباؤُكُم ما أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِها مِن سُلطانٍ ۚ إِن يَتَّبِعونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ وَما تَهوَى الأَنفُسُ ۖ وَلَقَد جاءَهُم مِن رَبِّهِمُ الهُدىٰ

These are nothing but names you named—you and your forefathers—without any authorization from God. They follow nothing except assumption and what the souls desire, even though guidance did come to them from their Lord.

أَم لِلإِنسانِ ما تَمَنّىٰ

Or is man to have whatever he desires?

وَكَم مِن مَلَكٍ فِي السَّماواتِ لا تُغني شَفاعَتُهُم شَيئًا إِلّا مِن بَعدِ أَن يَأذَنَ اللَّهُ لِمَن يَشاءُ وَيَرضىٰ

How many angels there are in the heavens, whose intercession would not benefit at all, except after God gives permission for whom He wills and approves.

إِنَّ الَّذينَ لا يُؤمِنونَ بِالآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمّونَ المَلائِكَةَ تَسمِيَةَ الأُنثىٰ

Those who don’t believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names.

وَما لَهُم بِهِ مِن عِلمٍ ۖ إِن يَتَّبِعونَ إِلَّا الظَّنَّ ۖ وَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ لا يُغني مِنَ الحَقِّ شَيئًا

They don’t know of this. They follow not except assumption, and assumption avails not against the truth at all.

فَأَعرِض عَن مَن تَوَلّىٰ عَن ذِكرِنا وَلَم يُرِد إِلَّا الحَياةَ الدُّنيا

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires nothing but the worldly life.

ذٰلِكَ مَبلَغُهُم مِنَ العِلمِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعلَمُ بِمَنِ اهتَدىٰ

That’s the extent of their knowledge. Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is guided.