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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 40of 111

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًۭا﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْafa-aṣfākumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
رَبُّكُمrabbukumThen has your Lord chosen (for) you
بِٱلْبَنِينَbil-banīnasons
وَٱتَّخَذَwa-ittakhadhaand He has taken
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe Angels
إِنَـٰثًا ۚināthandaughters
إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
لَتَقُولُونَlataqūlūnasurely say
قَوْلًاqawlana word
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangrave

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Refutation of Those Who claim that the Angels are Daughters of AllahAllah refutes the lying idolators who claim, may the curse of Allah be upon them, that the angels are the daughters of Allah. They made the angels, who are the servants of Ar-Rahman (the Most Beneficent), females, and called them daughters of Allah, then they worshipped them. They were gravely wrong on all three counts.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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