The Confederates
33. Al-'Aḥzāb
الأحزاب
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إِنَّا
عَرَضْنَا
الْأَمَانَةَ
عَلَى
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالْأَرْضِ
وَالْجِبَالِ
فَأَبَيْنَ
أَن
يَحْمِلْنَهَا
وَأَشْفَقْنَ
مِنْهَا
وَحَمَلَهَا
الْإِنسَانُ
إِنَّهُ
كَانَ
ظَلُومًا
جَهُولًا
ʾinnā ʿaraḍnā l-ʾamānata ʿalā s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-l-jibāli fa-ʾabayna ʾan yaḥmilnahā wa-ʾashfaqna minhā wa-ḥamalahā l-ʾinsānu ʾinnahū kāna ẓalūman jahūlan
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-
— Abdullah Yusufali
Indeed We presented the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to undertake it and were apprehensive of it; but man undertook it. Indeed he is most unjust and ignorant.
