Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

If We created the angels females, while they were witnesses:

اَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ اِنَاثاً وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ
Am khalaqna almala-ikata inathanwahum shahidoon
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1amOr
2khalaqnādid We createخلق
3l-malāikatathe Angelsملك
4ināthanfemalesانث
5wahumwhile they
6shāhidūna(were) witnessesشهد
  • Aisha Bewley

    Or did We create the angels female, with them as witnesses?

  • Progressive Muslims

    Or did We create the Angels as females while they witnessed

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Or is it that We have created angels female and they witnessed it?

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    If We created the angels females, while they were witnesses:

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    Or did We create the angels as females while they witnessed?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    Or did We create the controllers as females while they witnessed?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Did we create the angels to be females? Did they witness that?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Or did We make the angels females, and they witnessed it?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

  • Muhammad Asad

    - or is it that We have created the angels female, and they have witnessed ?

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    Or created We the angels females while they were present?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Did We create the angels as females the while they witnessed?"

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Or did We create the angels females and they bore witness to their creation and therefore they have ground for their belief!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Why do they say that the angels are of female gender? Were they present in their creation?

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Or did We create the angels female while they were witnesses?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses (thereto)?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Or ˹ask them˺ if We created the angels as females right before their eyes.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Or, had We created angels as females while they were witnessing?

  • Abdul Haleem

    Did We create the angels as females while they were watching?

  • Arthur John Arberry

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

  • E. Henry Palmer

    or have we created the angels females while they were witnesses?'

  • Hamid S. Aziz

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

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Or even did We create the Angels females, and they were witnesses?"

  • George Sale

    Have We created the angels of the female sex? And were they witnesses thereof?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Or that We created the angels female, and they have seen (it)?

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Or did We create the angels as females (in their presence) while they were witnesses (of their birth).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Did We create the angels females while they were present?