Tafseer of Those drawn up in Ranks · As-Saaffaat · 37:154
What is [wrong] with you? How do you make judgement?
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The statement concerning the explanation of His words, the Exalted: مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ("What is the matter with you? How do you judge?") (154)
His statement مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ("What is the matter with you? How do you judge?") means: how evil is the judgment that you pass, O people, that Allah should have the daughters and you the sons, while for yourselves you are not content with the daughters! How then do you ascribe to Him what you do not accept for yourselves?
And something close to what we have said about this is what the exegetes (ahl al-taʾwīl) have said.
* Mention of who said that:
Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning أَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِينَ مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ("Has He chosen daughters over sons? What is the matter with you? How do you judge?"); he says: how can He assign to you the sons and to Himself the daughters? What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
