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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 150

سورة الصافات، الآية ١٥٠

37:150 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 451 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 37:150

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ ۝١٥٠

Transliteration

am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna

Translation

Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

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Verse 150 of Surah As-Saffat (37:150), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 451 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 150

Al-Mukhtasar

How could they claim the angels are female when they were not present at the time of their creation and did not witness it?

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Other translations of verse 150

Or did We create the angels as females while they were watching?

Or did We create the angels female while they were witnesses?

Or created We the angels females while they were present?

Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses (thereto)?

Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?

Or even did We create the Angels females, and they were witnesses?"

Verse 150 word by word

أَمْ am Or
خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā did We create خ ل ق
ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ l-malāikata the Angels م ل ك
إِنَٰثًا ināthan females أ ن ث
وَهُمْ wahum while they
شَٰهِدُونَ shāhidūna (were) witnesses ش ه د

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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.

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