Surah An-Najm — Verse 27

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إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

Inna allatheena la yu'minoonabil-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikatatasmiyata al-ontha

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Those who deny the life to come give the angels female names.

Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Mufti Taqi Usmani

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter call the angels by names of females.

Al-Hilali & Khan

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

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Those who do not believe in the Hereafter give angels the names of females,

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

Behold, it is [only] such as do not [really] believe in the life to come that regard the angels as female beings;