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Al-A'raf 189

Ayah 189 of 206 · Meccan

۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٖ وَجَعَلَ مِنۡهَا زَوۡجَهَا لِيَسۡكُنَ إِلَيۡهَاۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتۡ حَمۡلًا خَفِيفٗا فَمَرَّتۡ بِهِۦۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثۡقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنۡ ءَاتَيۡتَنَا صَٰلِحٗا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٨٩

It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he1 might dwell in security with her. And when he [i.e., man] covers her,2 she carries a light burden [i.e., a pregnancy] and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allāh, their Lord, "If You should give us a good3 [child], we will surely be among the grateful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., man or every descendent of Adam.

2 An allusion to sexual intercourse.

3 Physically sound or righteous.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ هُوَHehuwa
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Whoalladhī
  3. خَلَقَكُمcreated youkhalaqakum
  4. مِّنfrommin
  5. نَّفۡسٖa soulnafsin
  6. وَٰحِدَةٖsinglewāḥidatin
  7. وَجَعَلَand madewajaʿala
  8. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  9. زَوۡجَهَاits matezawjahā
  10. لِيَسۡكُنَthat he might liveliyaskuna
  11. إِلَيۡهَاۖwith herilayhā
  12. فَلَمَّاAnd whenfalammā
  13. تَغَشَّىٰهَاhe covers hertaghashāhā
  14. حَمَلَتۡshe carriesḥamalat
  15. حَمۡلًاa burdenḥamlan
  16. خَفِيفٗاlightkhafīfan
  17. فَمَرَّتۡand continuesfamarrat
  18. بِهِۦۖwith itbihi
  19. فَلَمَّآBut whenfalammā
  20. أَثۡقَلَتshe grows heavyathqalat
  21. دَّعَوَاthey both invokedaʿawā
  22. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  23. رَبَّهُمَاtheir Lordrabbahumā
  24. لَئِنۡIfla-in
  25. ءَاتَيۡتَنَاYou give usātaytanā
  26. صَٰلِحٗاa righteous (child)ṣāliḥan
  27. لَّنَكُونَنَّsurely we will belanakūnanna
  28. مِنَamongmina
  29. ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَthe thankfull-shākirīna

Tafsir

It is He who created you from one soul, Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), and created from Adam (peace be upon him) his wife, Eve, creating her from his rib, so he would be close friends with her, and find peace with her. When he had relations with her she became pregnant with a light load, not noticed because it is at the beginning of the pregnancy. A woman continues with the pregnancy going about things without finding it heavy, until she becomes heavy with it when it has grown in her belly, the two of them call upon their Lord, saying: 'O our Lord, if You grant us a healthy child, we will be thankful for Your blessings.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran