Surah 37 · verse 150

As-Saffat 37:150

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ

am khalaqna al-mala'ikata inathan wa-hum shahidun

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

Saheeh International translation

Context in the surah

وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَىٰ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.

فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ

So inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?

Verse 150

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ

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

أَلَا إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

وَلَدَ اللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

" Allah has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.

أَصْطَفَى الْبَنَاتِ عَلَى الْبَنِينَ

Has He chosen daughters over sons?