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Surah An-Najm, Verse 27

سورة النجم، الآية ٢٧

53:27 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 527 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 53:27

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۝٢٧

Transliteration

inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna l-malāikata tasmiyata l-unthā

Translation

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

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Verse 27 of Surah An-Najm (53:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 527 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 27

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who do not believe in the resurrection in the afterlife give the angels female names in their belief that they are the daughters of Allah. Allah is far above what they say.

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Other translations of verse 27

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels female names.

Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.

Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter who name the angels with the names of females.

Those who believe not in the Hereafter, name the angels with female names.

Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

Surely the ones who do not believe in the Hereafter do indeed name the Angels with female naming.

Verse 27 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  3. لَا lā (do) not
  4. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna believe أ م ن
  5. بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ bil-ākhirati in the Hereafter أ خ ر
  6. لَيُسَمُّونَ layusammūna surely they name س م و
  7. ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ l-malāikata the Angels م ل ك
  8. تَسْمِيَةَ tasmiyata name(s) س م و
  9. ٱلْأُنثَىٰ l-unthā (of) female أ ن ث

Verses related to verse 27

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:19

    وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًا أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ

    And they described the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, as females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

  • An-Nisa 4:31

    إِن تَجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَبَآئِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنكُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُم مُّدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا

    If you avoid the major sins which you are forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise].

  • Az-Zumar 39:53

    قُلْ يَٰعِبَادِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ ٱلذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."

  • An-Nisa 4:49

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُم بَلِ ٱللَّهُ يُزَكِّى مَن يَشَآءُ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلًا

    Have you not seen those who claim themselves to be pure? Rather, Allāh purifies whom He wills, and injustice is not done to them, [even] as much as a thread [inside a date seed].

Verses with similar wording

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  • An-Naml 27:4

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ زَيَّنَّا لَهُمْ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

    Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly.

  • Al-Mu’minun 23:74

    وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَنِ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ لَنَٰكِبُونَ

    But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path.

  • Al-An’am 6:113

    وَلِتَصْغَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ أَفْـِٔدَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلِيَرْضَوْهُ وَلِيَقْتَرِفُوا۟ مَا هُم مُّقْتَرِفُونَ

    And [it is] so the hearts of those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will incline toward it [i.e., deceptive speech] and that they will be satisfied with it and that they will commit that which they are committing.

  • An-Nahl 16:104

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَهْدِيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of Allāh - Allāh will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment.

  • Al-Isra 17:10

    وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

    And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter - We have prepared for them a painful punishment.

  • Al-Isra 17:45

    وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا

    And when you recite the Qur’ān, We put between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter a concealed partition.

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