{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00722.htm","path":"isl/quran/00722.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00722.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n172. Wa-ith akhatha rabbuka min banee adama min thuhoorihim thurriyyatahum waashhadahum AAala anfusihim alastu birabbikum qaloo bala shahidna an taqooloo yawma alqiyamati inna kunna AAan hatha ghafileena\n172. When thy Lord drew forth\n From the Children of Adam\u2014\nFrom their loins\u2014\n Their descendants, and made them\n Testify concerning themselves, (saying):\n \"Am I not your Lord\n (Who cherishes and sustains you)?\"\u2014\n They said: \"Yea!\n We do testify!\" (This), lest\n Ye should say on the Day\n Of Judgment: \"Of this we\n Were never mindful\":\n173. Aw taqooloo innama ashraka abaona min qablu wakunna thurriyyatan min baAAdihim afatuhlikuna bima faAAala almubtiloona\n173. Or lest ye should say:\n \"Our fathers before us\n May have taken false gods,\n But we are (their) descendants\n After them: wilt Thou then\n Destroy us because of the deeds\n Of men who were futile?\"\n174. Wakathalika nufassilu al-ayati walaAAallahum yarjiAAoona\n174. Thus do We explain\n The Signs in detail;\n And perchance they may turn\n (Unto Us).\n175. Waotlu AAalayhim nabaa allathee ataynahu ayatina fainsalakha minha faatbaAAahu alshshaytanu fakana mina alghaweena\n175. Relate to them the story\n Of the man to whom\n We sent Our Signs,\n But he passed them by:\nSo Satan followed him up,\n And he went astray.\n176. Walaw shi/na larafaAAnahu biha walakinnahu akhlada ila al-ardi waittabaAAa hawahu famathaluhu kamathali alkalbi in tahmil AAalayhi yalhath aw tatruk-hu yalhath thalika mathalu alqawmi allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatina faoqsusi alqasasa laAAallahum yatafakkaroona\n176. If it had been Our Will,\n We should have elevated him\n With Our Signs; but he\n Inclined to the earth,\n And followed his own vain desires.\n His similitude is that\n Of a dog: if you attack\n Him, he lolls out his tongue,\n Or if you leave him alone,\n He (still) lolls out his tongue.\n That is the similitude\n Of those who reject Our Signs;\n So relate the story;\n Perchance they may reflect.\n177. Saa mathalan alqawmu allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatina waanfusahum kanoo yathlimoona\n177. Evil as an example are\n People who reject Our Signs\n And wrong their own souls.\n178. Man yahdi Allahu fahuwa almuhtadee waman yudlil faola-ika humu alkhasiroona\n178. Whom God doth guide,\n He is on the right path:\n Whom He rejects from His guidance,\u2014\n Such are the persons who perish.\n179. Walaqad thara/na lijahannama katheeran mina aljinni waal-insi lahum quloobun la yafqahoona biha walahum aAAyunun la yubsiroona biha walahum athanun la yasmaAAoona biha ola-ika kaal-anAAami bal hum adallu ola-ika humu alghafiloona\n179. Many are the Jinns and men\n We have made for Hell:\n They have hearts wherewith they\n Understand not, eyes wherewith\nThey see not, and ears wherewith\n They hear not. They are\n Like cattle,\u2014nay more\n Misguided: for they\n Are heedless (of warning).\n180. Walillahi al-asmao alhusna faodAAoohu biha watharoo allatheena yulhidoona fee asma-ihi sayujzawna ma kanoo yaAAmaloona\n180. The most beautiful names\n Belong to God:\n So call on him by them;\n But shun such men as\n Use profanity in His names:\n For what they do, they will\n Soon be requited.\n181. Wamimman khalaqna ommatun yahdoona bialhaqqi wabihi yaAAdiloona\n181. Of those We have created\n Are people who direct\n (Others) with truth.\n And dispense justice therewith,","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra VII.: A\u2019r\u0101f, or the Heights: Section 22 (172-181)","type":"page"}