Quran 53:27 — An-Najm, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who deny the life to come give the angels female names.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنْثَىٰ
inna alladhīna lā yu'minūna bil-ākhirati layusammūna l-malāikata tasmiyata l-unthā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who do not believe in the world to come name the angels with the names of females.
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, it is [only] such as do not [really] believe in the life to come that regard the angels as female beings;
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 4 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |
| 5 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِbil-ākhirati | in the Hereafter | أخر |
| 6 | لَيُسَمُّونَlayusammūna | surely they name | سمو |
| 7 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikata | the Angels | ملك |
| 8 | تَسْمِيَةَtasmiyata | name(s) | سمو |
| 9 | ٱلْأُنثَىٰl-unthā | (of) female | أنث |