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Quran 7:189Al-A'raaf, verse 189

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

It is He who created you all from one soul, and from it made its mate so that he might find comfort in her: when one [of them] lies with his wife and she conceives a light burden, going about freely, then grows heavy, they both pray to God, their Lord, ‘If You give us a good child we shall certainly be grateful,’

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّاهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ ۖ فَلَمَّا أَثْقَلَتْ دَعَوَا اللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ آتَيْتَنَا صَالِحًا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ

huwa alladhī khalaqakum min nafsin wāḥidatin wajaʿala min'hā zawjahā liyaskuna ilayhā falammā taghashāhā ḥamalat ḥamlan khafīfan famarrat bihi falammā athqalat daʿawā l-laha rabbahumā la-in ātaytanā ṣāliḥan lanakūnanna mina l-shākirīna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-A'raaf verse 189
#WordMeaningRoot
1۞ هُوَhuwaHe
2ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
3خَلَقَكُمkhalaqakumcreated youخلق
4مِّنminfrom
5نَّفْسٍۢnafsina soulنفس
6وَٰحِدَةٍۢwāḥidatinsingleوحد
7وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand madeجعل
8مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
9زَوْجَهَاzawjahāits mateزوج
10لِيَسْكُنَliyaskunathat he might liveسكن
11إِلَيْهَا ۖilayhāwith her
12فَلَمَّاfalammāAnd when
13تَغَشَّىٰهَاtaghashāhāhe covers herغشو
14حَمَلَتْḥamalatshe carriesحمل
15حَمْلًاḥamlana burdenحمل
16خَفِيفًۭاkhafīfanlightخفف
17فَمَرَّتْfamarratand continuesمرر
18بِهِۦ ۖbihiwith it
19فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
20أَثْقَلَتathqalatshe grows heavyثقل
21دَّعَوَاdaʿawāthey both invokeدعو
22ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahأله
23رَبَّهُمَاrabbahumātheir Lordربب
24لَئِنْla-inIf
25ءَاتَيْتَنَاātaytanāYou give usأتي
26صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥana righteous (child)صلح
27لَّنَكُونَنَّlanakūnannasurely we will beكون
28مِنَminaamong
29ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَl-shākirīnathe thankfulشكر