Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 19
وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًا ۚ أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ ۚ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ
And they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.
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And they have made the angels who are themselves servants of the Compassionate One females. Did they witness were they present at their creation? Their testimony to the effect that they are females will be written down and they will be questioned about it in the Hereafter wherefore punishment will ensue for them.
Related Hadiths
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#3380Sahih
“The Messenger of Allah recited: Verily, We have created them a special creation. He said: “Among that special creation is the women who were decrepit, bleary eyed and elderly in the world.”
Narrated by Anas said:
Sahih Muslim#6198Sahih
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters, but with this difference that there is no mention of the Angels and the weeping of a female mourner.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And they make the angels, who are the slaves of the Beneficent, females) the daughters of Allah. (Did they witness their creation) when they were created for them to know that they are females? They said: �no, O Muhammad, we did not witness their creation but we heard our fathers saying so�. Allah will say: �O Muhammad!� (Their testimony will be recorded) that they lie against Allah when they claim that the angels are Allah's daughters (and they will be questioned) about this claim on the Day of Judgement. In other words, when they claimed that the angels are Allah's daughters, they were asked: �did you witness their creation?� They said: �No!� �How did you then come to the conclusion that the angels are females and Allah's daughters?� They said: �We heard this from our fathers�. Allah said that their claim about the angels will be recorded and they will be questioned about it on the Day of Judgement.