[Disbelievers], consider al-Lat and al-Uzza,

and the third one, Manat––

are you to have the male and He the female?

That would be a most unjust distribution!––

these are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers. God has sent no authority for them. These people merely follow guesswork and the whims of their souls, even though guidance has come to them from their Lord.

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

وَمَنَوٰةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ

أَلَكُمُ ٱلذَّكَرُ وَلَهُ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

تِلْكَ إِذࣰا قِسْمَةࣱ ضِيزَىٰٓ

إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّآ أَسْمَآءࣱ سَمَّيْتُمُوهَآ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُم مَّآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَٰنٍۚ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّ وَمَا تَهْوَى ٱلْأَنفُسُۖ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّن رَّبِّهِمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

Is man to have everything he wishes for,

when the present life and the life to come belong only to God?

There are many angels in heaven whose intercession will be of no use until God gives permission to those He will, whose words He will accept.

Those who deny the life to come give the angels female names.

They have no knowledge to base this on: they merely follow guesswork. Guesswork is of no value against the Truth.

So [Prophet] ignore those who turn away from Our revelation, who want only the life of this world.

Their knowledge does not go beyond that. Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who follows guidance.

أَمْ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ مَا تَمَنَّىٰ

فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةُ وَٱلْأُولَىٰ

۞ وَكَم مِّن مَّلَكࣲ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ لَا تُغْنِي شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن يَأْذَنَ ٱللَّهُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَرْضَىٰٓ

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَيُسَمُّونَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ تَسْمِيَةَ ٱلْأُنثَىٰ

وَمَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍۖ إِن يَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا ٱلظَّنَّۖ وَإِنَّ ٱلظَّنَّ لَا يُغْنِي مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ شَيْـࣰٔا

فَأَعْرِضْ عَن مَّن تَوَلَّىٰ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَلَمْ يُرِدْ إِلَّا ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

ذَٰلِكَ مَبْلَغُهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ