Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Najm, Ayah 27
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ
Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,
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Truly those who do not believe in the Hereafter give the angels the names of females for they say ‘They are God’s daughters’.
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Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Lo! it is those who disbelieve in the Hereafter) in resurrection after death, i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca (who name the angels with the names of females) they make them Allah's daughters.