Transliteration:( Wa ja'alul malaaa'ikatal lazeena hum 'ibaadur Rahmaani inaasaa; 'a shahidoo khalqahum; satuktabu shahaadatuhum wa yus'aloon )
29. The infidels in this nonsensical talk committed infidelity of three type. He acknowledged children for Allah almighty. For himself he accepted sons, but daughters for Allah Almighty. Accepting angels females in as which there is an insult to angels.
This tells us that to insult an angel is an act of infidelity. We also learn that our own children cannot become our slaves and servants..
30. Because the attributes of angels cannot be understood through our intelligence. Now, here are only two conditions: either you have seen them or you have been informed about them by the Prophet. No Prophet has ever conveyed the information of them being females. Since you have not seen angels, how can you make such nonsensical statements about them?
31. This tells us that the infidelity of the infidels became statements of sins, and not of good deeds. Because the infidels were saying that our forefathers were stating that angels were daughters of Allah Almighty. We are merely testifying that they were true. For this reason it has been labelled as testimony.
The tafsir of Surah Zukhruf verse 19 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Zukhruf ayat 15 which provides the complete commentary from verse 15 through 20.
(43:19) They claim that angels, who are Allah’s chosen servants,[18] are females. Did they witness how their body is constituted?[19] Their testimony shall be written and they shall be called to account.
18. That is, who are free from this that they should be males or females.
19. Another translation can be: Were they present at the time of their creation?
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