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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 172

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واذ اخذ ربك من بني ادم من ظهورهم ذريتهم واشهدهم على انفسهم الست بربكم قالوا بلى شهدنا ان تقولوا يوم القيامة انا كنا عن هذا غافلين

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":

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  • Verse 172 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 173

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَخَذَ(was) takenakhadha
  3. رَبُّكَ(by) your Lordrabbuka
  4. مِنۢfrommin
  5. بَنِىٓ(the) Childrenbanī
  6. ءَادَمَ(of) Adam ādama
  7. مِنfrommin
  8. ظُهُورِهِمْtheir loins ẓuhūrihim
  9. ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْtheir descendantsdhurriyyatahum
  10. وَأَشْهَدَهُمْand made them testifywa-ashhadahum
  11. عَلَىٰٓoverʿalā
  12. أَنفُسِهِمْthemselvesanfusihim
  13. أَلَسْتُAm I notalastu
  14. بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖyour Lordbirabbikum
  15. قَالُوا۟They saidqālū
  16. بَلَىٰ ۛYesbalā
  17. شَهِدْنَآ ۛwe have testifiedshahid'nā
  18. أَنLestan
  19. تَقُولُوا۟you saytaqūlū
  20. يَوْمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  21. ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ(of) the Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  22. إِنَّاIndeedinnā
  23. كُنَّاwe werekunnā
  24. عَنْaboutʿan
  25. هَـٰذَاthishādhā
  26. غَـٰفِلِينَunawareghāfilīna

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