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
١٧٢
And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;
— M. Pickthall
And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware."
— Saheeh International
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":
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Covenant taken from the Descendants of Adam
Allah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified against themselves that Allah is their Lord and King and that there is no deity worthy of worship except Him. Allah created them on this Fitrah, or way
…The Covenant taken from the Descendants of Adam
Allah stated that He brought the descendants of Adam out of their fathers' loins, and they testified a
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