The Quran

سورة النّجْم

Surah Al-Najm 53:27

The Parts of the Qur‘ân · Verse 27 of 62

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنْثَىٰ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(Verily, it is only) those who do not believe in the Hereafter and (who) give feminine names to the angels (because they ascribe them to Allâh as His daughters);

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

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

12 more translations

Ali Unal

It is those who do not believe in the Hereafter who name the angels (whom they regard as God’s daughters) with feminine names.

Daryabadi

Verily those who believe not in the Hereafter name the angels with the names of females.

Faridul Haque

Indeed those who do not believe in the Hereafter, coin the names of angels like those of females.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

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

Maulvi Sher Ali

Those, who believe not in the Hereafter, give the angels female names;

Muhammad Asad

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

Muhammad Musin Khan

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

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Only those who do not believe in the life hereafter call the angels, females. They have no knowledge about it.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

Rashad Khalifa

Those who disbelieve in the Hereafter have given the angels feminine names.

Shabbir Ahmed

Only those who do not believe in the Hereafter consider the forces in Nature as flying female beings and name them with female names.