Al-Isrā’الإسراء 17:40
Muṣḥaf order 17
Cairo 1924 order #50 Meccan
Verses 111 (Ḥafṣ)
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across the traditions
Abrogation: no authority selected.
Sources and method
Choose authorities (0 selected; same choice as Abrogation claims by authority)
أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا ٤٠
Marmaduke Pickthall
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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!