Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 150

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:150
37:150

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَـٰثًا وَهُمْ شَـٰهِدُونَ

Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?"

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:150 in sequence and meaning.

فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.

فَٱسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ ٱلْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ ٱلْبَنُونَ

So inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Does your Lord have daughters while they have sons?

أَلَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنْ إِفْكِهِمْ لَيَقُولُونَ

Unquestionably, it is out of their [invented] falsehood that they say,

وَلَدَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

" Allah has begotten," and indeed, they are liars.