Tazkirul Quran, Qur’an 37:149–157
The Ranks (Al-Saffat)
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
English text; the translator is not named in the archive’s data.
Translation
(149) Now ask them whether your Lord has daughters, whereas they have sons. (150) Did We create the angels females, to which they were witnesses? (151) No indeed! It is one of their fabrications when they say: (152) ‘God has begotten children.’ They are truly liars. (153) Has He chosen daughters over sons? (154) What is the matter with you? How do you form your judgement? (155) Will you not then reflect? (156) Or have you clear evidence? (157) Then produce your scriptures, if you are telling the truth.
Commentary
(a) Satanic inducements, together with erroneous interpretations and interpolations made by human beings distorted the facts. One such belief is that the angels are the daughters of God. This was a baseless assertion and contradicted the polytheists themselves who considered women to be weaker. If the logic of the polytheists were to be upheld, God should have created sons for Himself. Producing such preposterous assertions is a crime and those who do so shall be held accountable for their utterances on the Day of Judgement.