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Al-A'raf 172

Ayah 172 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ شَهِدۡنَآۚ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ ١٧٢

And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَخَذَ(was) takenakhadha
  3. رَبُّكَ(by) your Lordrabbuka
  4. مِنۢfrommin
  5. بَنِيٓ(the) Childrenbanī
  6. ءَادَمَ(of) Adam ādama
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. ظُهُورِهِمۡtheir loins ẓuhūrihim
  9. ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡtheir descendantsdhurriyyatahum
  10. وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡand made them testifywa-ashhadahum
  11. عَلَىٰٓoverʿalā
  12. أَنفُسِهِمۡthemselvesanfusihim
  13. أَلَسۡتُAm I notalastu
  14. بِرَبِّكُمۡۖyour Lordbirabbikum
  15. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  16. بَلَىٰYesbalā
  17. شَهِدۡنَآۚwe have testifiedshahid'nā
  18. أَنLestan
  19. تَقُولُواْyou saytaqūlū
  20. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  21. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  22. إِنَّاIndeedinnā
  23. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  24. عَنۡaboutʿan
  25. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  26. غَٰفِلِينَunawareghāfilīna

Tafsir

Mention, O Muhammad, when your Lord took from the loins of the children of Adam their descendants and had them acknowledge, bearing witness to His lordship, making it part of their innate nature to acknowledge that He created them and that He is their Lord. He said to them, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ and they replied, ‘Yes, we bear witness’. Allah said: 'I asked you this question so that you would not deny the proofs of Allah on the Day of Judgement, saying that you did not have any knowledge of it.

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