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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 189of 206

۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍۢ وَٰحِدَةٍۢ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًۭا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَٰلِحًۭا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ﴿١٨٩

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

۞ هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingle
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
لِيَسْكُنَliyaskunathat he might live
إِلَيْهَا ۖilayhāwith her
فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
تَغَشَّىٰهَاtaghashāhāhe covers her
حَمَلَتْḥamalatshe carries
حَمْلًاḥamlana burden
خَفِيفًۭاkhafīfanlight
فَمَرَّتْfamarratand continues
بِهِۦ ۖbihiwith it
فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَثْقَلَتathqalatshe grows heavy
دَّعَوَاdaʿawāthey both invoke
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبَّهُمَاrabbahumātheir Lord
لَئِنْla-inIf
ءَاتَيْتَنَاātaytanāYou give us
صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥana righteous (child)
لَّنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe thankful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

All Mankind are the Offspring of AdamAllah states that He has created all mankind from Adam, peace be upon him, and from Adam, He created his wife, Hawwa' and from them, people started to spread. Allah said in another Ayah, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَـكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَـرَفُواْ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عَندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَـكُمْ(O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one a...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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