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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 172of 206

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ﴿١٧٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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."

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
أَخَذَakhadha(was) taken
رَبُّكَrabbuka(by) your Lord
مِنۢminfrom
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
ءَادَمَādama(of) Adam
مِنminfrom
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir loins
ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْdhurriyyatahumtheir descendants
وَأَشْهَدَهُمْwa-ashhadahumand made them testify
عَلَىٰٓʿalāover
أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
أَلَسْتُalastuAm I not
بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖbirabbikumyour Lord
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
بَلَىٰ ۛbalāYes
شَهِدْنَآ ۛshahid'nāwe have testified
أَنanLest
تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
إِنَّاinnāIndeed
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
عَنْʿanabout
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaunaware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Covenant taken from the Descendants of AdamAllah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified against themselves that Allah is their Lord and King and that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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