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أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا
Text: Tanzil Project,tanzil.net · verbatim and unchanged · previous verse · next verse
Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!— Marmaduke Pickthall
Summary
Verse 40 of Surat al-Isra, a Meccan surah. 1
Place in the museum
Its place: verse 40 of 111 verses in the surah. The text is kept in the frozen Tanzil mushaf and is not retyped here.
Connections
- Part of
- Sura 17: Al-Isra
Sources
- Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
- Tanzil Project, public-domain translations
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Qur'an 17:40”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/quran-17-40/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.