Quran 37:150 — As-Saaffaat, verse 150
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Did We create the angels as females while they were watching?
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثًا وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ
am khalaqnā l-malāikata ināthan wahum shāhidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or did We create the angels females, while they were witnesses?
- Muhammad Asad
- - or is it that We have created the angels female, and they [who believe them to be divine] have witnessed [that act of creation]?
- Sahih International
- Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | did We create | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikata | the Angels | ملك |
| 4 | إِنَـٰثًۭاināthan | females | أنث |
| 5 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 6 | شَـٰهِدُونَshāhidūna | (were) witnesses | شهد |