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As-Saffat 150

Ayah 150 of 182 · Meccan

أَمۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثٗا وَهُمۡ شَٰهِدُونَ ١٥٠

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. خَلَقۡنَاdid We createkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَthe Angelsl-malāikata
  4. إِنَٰثٗاfemalesināthan
  5. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  6. شَٰهِدُونَ(were) witnessesshāhidūna

Tafsir

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

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran