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Al-A'raf 7:172

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وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ ۛ شَهِدْنَآ ۛ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَـٰذَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

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."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واذكر -أيها الرسول- إذ استخرج ربك أولاد آدم مِن أصلاب آبائهم، وقررهم بتوحيده بما أودعه في فطرهم من أنه ربهم وخالقهم ومليكهم، فأقروا له بذلك، خشية أن ينكروا يوم القيامة، فلا يقروا بشيء منه، ويزعموا أن حجة الله ما قامت عليهم، ولا عندهم علم بها، بل كانوا عنها غافلين.

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