Al-A'raf, verse 190

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1. But when falammā
2. He gives them ātāhumā
3. a good, (child) ṣāliḥan
4. they make jaʿalā
5. for Him lahu
6. partners shurakāa
7. in what fīmā
8. He has given them ātāhumā
9. But exalted fataʿālā
10. (is) Allah l-lahu
11. above what ʿammā
12. they associate (with Him) yush'rikūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

This commentary covers the passage that begins at verse 7:189.

All Mankind are the Offspring of Adam Allah states that He has created all mankind from Adam, peace be upon him, and from Adam, He created his wife, Hawwa' and from them, people started to spread. Allah said in another Ayah, يأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَى وَجَعَلْنَكُمْ شُعُوباً وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَرَفُواْ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عَندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَكُمْ (O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has Taqwa) 49:13, and,…

• Verse 188 قُل لَّآ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِى نَفْعًا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ لَٱسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِىَ ٱلسُّوٓءُ ۚ إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ Say [Prophet], ‘I have no control over benefit or harm, [even] to myself, except as God may please: if I had knowledge of what is hidden, I would have abundant good things and no harm could touch me. I am no more than a bearer of warning, and good news to those who believe.’
• Verse 189 ۞ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ إِلَيْهَا ۖ فَلَمَّا تَغَشَّىٰهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفِيفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِۦ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَثْقَلَت دَّعَوَا ٱللَّهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ ءَاتَيْتَنَا صَـٰلِحًا لَّنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَ 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,’
• Verse 190
• Verse 191 أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ God is far above the partners they set up alongside Him! How can they set up with Him these partners that create nothing and are themselves created,
• Verse 192 وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْرًا وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ that cannot help them at all, or even help themselves?

• اتي alif tā yā
• صلح ṣād lām ḥā
• جعل jīm ʿayn lām
• شرك shīn rā kāf
• علو ʿayn lām wāw
• اله alif lām hā

• Child الطفل

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