Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:172

7:172

وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَـٰذَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

wa-idh akhadha rabbuka min banī ādama min ẓuhūrihim dhurriyyatahum wa-ashhadahum ʿalā anfusihim alastu birabbikum qālū balā shahid'nā an taqūlū yawma l-qiyāmati innā kunnā ʿan hādhā ghāfilīna

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."

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], when your Lord took out the offspring from the loins of the Children of Adam and made them bear witness about themselves, He said, ‘Am I not your Lord?’ and they replied, ‘Yes, we bear witness.’ So you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘We were not aware of this,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed (or from Adam’s loin his offspring) and made them testify as to themselves (saying): "Am I not your Lord?" They said: "Yes! We testify," lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: "Verily, we have been unaware of this."

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

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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
بِرَبِّكُمْۖbirabbikumyour Lord
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
بَلَىٰۛbalāYes
شَهِدْنَآۛshahid'nāwe have testified
أَنanLest
تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
إِنَّاinnāIndeed
كُنَّاkunnāwe were
عَنْʿanabout
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaunaware