Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 31
وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلْأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِى بِأَسْمَآءِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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."
Al-Baqarah · 2:31
Word by word
- 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
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