50 Preface أَو يُزَوِّجُهُم ذُكرانًا وَإِناثًا ۖ وَيَجعَلُ مَن يَشاءُ عَقيمًا ۚ إِنَّهُ عَليمٌ قَديرٌYusuf AliOr He bestows both males1 and females, and He leaves barren whom He will: for He is full of Knowledge and Power.To parents themselves it is a mystery why a male or female child is given at any birth, or how the balance of the two sexes is made up in a family or in large groups of mankind, or why in some cases the womb is barren and the would-be parents are denied the joys and responsibilities of parenthood. But each individual human soul is precious in the Plan of God, and all these variations, besides their reactions on parents and on society, have a purpose to fulfil in the large Plan of God.