Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:31

2:31

وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلْأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِى بِأَسْمَآءِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

waʿallama ādama l-asmāa kullahā thumma ʿaraḍahum ʿalā l-malāikati faqāla anbiūnī bi-asmāi hāulāi in kuntum ṣādiqīna

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."

— Saheeh International

He taught Adam all the names [of things], then He showed them to the angels and said, ‘Tell me the names of these if you truly [think you can].’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And He taught Adam all the names (of everything), then He showed them to the angels and said, "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَعَلَّمَwaʿallamaAnd He taught
ءَادَمَādamaAdam
ٱلْأَسْمَآءَl-asmāathe names
كُلَّهَاkullahāall of them
ثُمَّthummaThen
عَرَضَهُمْʿaraḍahumHe displayed them
عَلَىʿalāto
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِl-malāikatithe angels
فَقَالَfaqālathen He said
أَنۢبِـُٔونِىanbiūnīInform Me
بِأَسْمَآءِbi-asmāiof (the) names
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(of) these
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful