What does Quran 37:150 mean?

Quran 37:150 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Ayah 150) translates to: "Or did We create the angels as females while they were witnesses?""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 37:150 from?

This ayah is from Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), the 37th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 23.

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Story of Adam and Iblis, Divine Attributes, Justice, Prophethood.

أَمْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ إِنَٰثًۭا وَهُمْ شَٰهِدُونَ

Am khalaqnal malaaa'i kata inaasanw wa hm shaahidoon

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

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

4 other themes with weak connections

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Oneness of Allah

37:150Ayah 1182

9 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about the oneness of Allah.

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Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses? to Our act of creation that they might then say such a thing?

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