وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِن بَنِي آدَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُواْ بَلَى شَهِدْنَا أَن تَقُولُواْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَذَا غَافِلِينَ
Transliteration:
Wa idh akhadha rabbuka min banī Ādama min ẓuhūrihim dhurriyyatahum wa ashhadahum ʿalā anfusihim: alastu birabbikum? Qālū: balā shahidnā, an taqūlū yawma al-qiyāmati innā kunnā ʿan hādhā ghāfilīn.
Translation:
When your Lord took from the Children of Adam—from their loins—their descendants and made them bear witness over themselves, [He said,] ‘Am I not your Lord?’ They said, ‘Yes, we bear witness.’ Lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, ‘Indeed we were unaware of this.'
Key Themes
Accountability
Divine Lordship
Human Responsibility
Innate Disposition
Primordial Covenant
World of Pre-Existence