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

Quran 7:189

7:189

۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ

huwa alladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wajaʿala min'hā zawjahā liyaskuna ilayhā falammā taghashāhā ḥamalat ḥamlan khafīfan famarrat bihi falammā athqalat daʿawā l-laha rabbahumā la-in ātaytanā ṣāliḥan lanakūnanna mina l-shākirīna

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 [i.e., man] covers her, 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 good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."

— Saheeh International

It is He who created you all from one soul, and from it made its mate so that he might find comfort in her: when one [of them] lies with his wife and she conceives a light burden, going about freely, then grows heavy, they both pray to God, their Lord, ‘If You give us a good child we shall certainly be grateful,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is He Who has created you from a single person (Adam), and (then) He has created from him his wife [Hawwâ’ (Eve)], in order that he might enjoy the pleasure of living with her. When he (a polytheist from Adam’s offspring - as stated by Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir) had sexual relation with her (the polytheist’s wife), she became pregnant and she carried it about lightly. Then when it became heavy, they both invoked Allâh, their Lord (saying): "If You give us a Sâlih (good in every aspect) child, we shall indeed be among the grateful."

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

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۞ هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated you
مِّنminfrom
نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soul
وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingle
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mate
لِيَسْكُنَliyaskunathat he might live
إِلَيْهَاۖilayhāwith her
فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
تَغَشَّىٰهَاtaghashāhāhe covers her
حَمَلَتْḥamalatshe carries
حَمْلًاḥamlana burden
خَفِيفًۭاkhafīfanlight
فَمَرَّتْfamarratand continues
بِهِۦۖbihiwith 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