The Holy Quran 51:24 — Surah Adh-Dhariyat

Arabic text

هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ضَيْفِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Translation

Has the story of Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام's honourable guests (some angels who) reached you?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The guests of Ibrahim ﵇: that is, they were angels whom Ibrahim ﵇ at first took to be human beings and showed them great honour; and with Allah the angels are in any case honoured and esteemed, as He said: بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُوْنَ (“They are but honoured servants”).

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