Surah An-Najm 53:27 — translation and meaning

النجم · Verse 27 / 62 · Page 527

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ الْأُنثَى

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
لَا
la
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
believe
بِالْآخِرَةِ
bil-akhirati
in the Hereafter
لَيُسَمُّونَ
layusammuna
surely they name
الْمَلَائِكَةَ
al-malaikata
the Angels
تَسْمِيَةَ
tasmiyata
name(s)
الْأُنثَى
al-untha
(of) female

Transliteration

innal lazeena laa yu'minoona bil aakhirati la yusammoonal malaaa'ikata tasmiyatal unsaa

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who do not believe in the resurrection in the afterlife give the angels female names in their belief that they are the daughters of Allah. Allah is far above what they say.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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