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An-Najm 27

Ayah 27 of 62 · Meccan

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسۡمِيَةَ ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ ٢٧

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. لَا(do) notlā
  4. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieveyu'minūna
  5. بِٱلۡأٓخِرَةِin the Hereafterbil-ākhirati
  6. لَيُسَمُّونَsurely they namelayusammūna
  7. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةَthe Angelsl-malāikata
  8. تَسۡمِيَةَname(s)tasmiyata
  9. ٱلۡأُنثَىٰ(of) femalel-unthā

Tafsir

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.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran