Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 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
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."
Word by word
- ۞ 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
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