The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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وَإِذْ
أَخَذَ
رَبُّكَ
مِن
بَنِي
آدَمَ
مِن
ظُهُورِهِمْ
ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ
وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ
عَلَى
أَنفُسِهِمْ
أَلَسْتُ
بِرَبِّكُمْ
قَالُوا
بَلَى
شَهِدْنَا
أَن
تَقُولُوا
يَوْمَ
الْقِيَامَةِ
إِنَّا
كُنَّا
عَنْ
هَذَا
غَافِلِينَ
wa-ʾidh ʾakhadha rabbuka min banī ʾādama min ẓuhūrihim dhurriyyatahum wa-ʾashhadahum ʿalā ʾanfusihim ʾa-lastu bi-rabbikum qālū balā shahidnā ʾan taqūlū yawma l-qiyāmati ʾinnā kunnā ʿan hādhā ghāfilīna
When your Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their descendants and made them bear witness over themselves, [He said to them,] ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes indeed! We bear witness.’ [This,] lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed we were unaware of this,’
— Ali Quli Qarai
When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves, (saying): "Am I not your Lord (who cherishes and sustains you)?"- They said: "Yea! We do testify!" (This), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of this we were never mindful":
