Quran with Tafsir_English translation - Surah Al-A‘raf ayat 172 - الأعرَاف - Page - Juz 9
﴿وَإِذۡ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَأَشۡهَدَهُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ أَلَسۡتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ بَلَىٰ شَهِدۡنَآۚ أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنۡ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ ﴾
[الأعرَاف: 172]
﴿وإذ أخذ ربك من بني آدم من ظهورهم ذريتهم وأشهدهم على أنفسهم﴾ [الأعرَاف: 172]
| Dr Kamal Omar And (bring to mind) when brought forth your Nourisher-Sustainer from Bani Adam, from (the ventral surface of) their backs (the seed of) their offspring, and He made them testify as to themselves: “Am I not as your Nourisher-Sustainer?” They said: “Yes, We have testified;” lest you people may say on the Day of Resurrection: “Verily, we remained unaware about this.” |
| Dr Laleh Bakhtiar And mention when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam—from their generative organs—their offspring and called to them to witness of themselves: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea! ^We bore witness^ so that you say not on the Day of Resurrection: Truly, we had been ones who were heedless of this |
| Dr Munir Munshey (Remember) when your Lord brought forth all the offspring-to-be from the loin of Adam, and had them bear witness for themselves. (Allah asked), "Am I not your Lord?" They replied, "Of course, and we do bear witness to that!" (We did that) lest you should say on the Day of Judgment (as an excuse) that you were unaware of this |
| Edward Henry Palmer And when thy Lord took from the children of Adam out of their loins their seed, and made them bear witness against themselves, ' Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yea! we do bear witness' - lest ye should say on the day of resurrection, 'Verily, for this we did not care |
| Farook Malik O Prophet, remind mankind about the incident when your Lord brought into existence the offspring from the loins of Adam and his descendants (virtually each single individual of mankind) and made them testify about themselves. Allah asked them: "Am I not your Lord?" They all replied: "Yes! We bear witness that You are." This We did, lest you mankind should say on the Day of Resurrection: "We were not aware of this fact that You are our Lord and that there will be a Day of Judgment |
| George Sale And remember when thy Lord brought forth from Adam's children -- out of their loins -- their offspring and made them to bear witness against their ownselves saying, 'Yea, we do bear witness.' This He did lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'We were surely unaware of this |
| Maududi And recall (0 Prophet) when your Lord brought forth descendants from the loins of the sons of Adam, and made them witnesses against their ownselves. asking them: ´Am I not your Lord?´ They said: ´Yes, we do testify.´ We did so lest you claim on the Day of Resurrection: ´We were unaware of this.´ |