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Al-Baqarah 31

Ayah 31 of 286 · Medinan

وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِي بِأَسۡمَآءِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣١

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَعَلَّمَAnd He taughtwaʿallama
  2. ءَادَمَAdamādama
  3. ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءَthe names l-asmāa
  4. كُلَّهَاall of themkullahā
  5. ثُمَّThenthumma
  6. عَرَضَهُمۡHe displayed themʿaraḍahum
  7. عَلَىtoʿalā
  8. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِthe angelsl-malāikati
  9. فَقَالَthen He saidfaqāla
  10. أَنۢبِـُٔونِيInform Meanbiūnī
  11. بِأَسۡمَآءِof (the) namesbi-asmāi
  12. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ(of) thesehāulāi
  13. إِنifin
  14. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  15. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

To reveal the position of Adam, Allah taught him the names of everything, living things and objects, their pronunciation and meanings. Then he put them before the angels, instructing them to tell Him the names if they were telling the truth when they said that they were a nobler and better creation than Adam.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran