Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 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
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."
Al-A'raf · 7:172
Word by word
- 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
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