 | P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis - 1977 - 582 pages
...citing in proof of his startling theory the celebrated 'Covenant' (mithdq) verse of Qur'an, 7. 171. And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...'Am I not your Lord,' They said, ' Yes, we testify.' Al-Junayd gathered around him a large circle of men of like purpose, mostly learned artisans, and the... | |
 | Edwin Brown Firmage, Bernard G. Weiss, John Woodland Welch - 1990 - 420 pages
...strikingly evident in their interpretation of Sura 7: 172: And [remember] when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them testify against themselves [saying]: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes, verily. We testify. [This was] lest... | |
 | Jerald D. Gort - 1992 - 324 pages
...because he existed before he [began] to exist. This can be proved by God's saying [Sura 7:i?2/i7i]:4 "And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...themselves, Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes' ..." (ed. Abdel-Kader, 56- uit-57- 3, trans., slightly different, p. 177) In unification with God,... | |
 | Jerald D. Gort - 1992 - 324 pages
...because he existed before he [began] to exist. This can be proved by God's saying [Sura 7:172/m]:4 "And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...testify touching themselves, 'Am I not your Lord?' They sald, 'Yes' ..." (ed. Abdel-Kader, 56- utt -57- 3, trans., slightly different, p. 177) In unification... | |
 | Joel L. Kraemer - 1993 - 300 pages
...a-lastu bi-rabbikum? qalu: bala, sahidna an taquluyawma l-qiyamati inna kunnd 'an hada gdfifih — "And when Thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...'Am I not your Lord?', they said: 'Yes, we testify, lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection: As for us, we were heedless for this'"( Arberry's translation).... | |
 | John Kelsay - 1993 - 164 pages
...this submission was established on the day of creation: And (remember) when your Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes, truly. We testify. (That was) lest you... | |
 | A. J. Arberry - 1996 - 708 pages
...'Take forcefully what We have given you, and remember what is in it; haply you will be godfearing.' And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...'Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes, we testify' — lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'As for us, we were heedless of this,' or lest... | |
 | Muḥammad ʻAfīfī Maṭar, Ferial Jabouri Ghazoul - 1997 - 156 pages
...generations to come of men and women. See the Koran VII:i72-i73, "And when thy Lord took from the Ghildren of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them...'Am I not your Lord?' They said, 'Yes, we testify' — lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'As for us, we were heedless of this,' or lest... | |
 | Robert Charles Zaehner - 1997 - 472 pages
...race of men in a pre-eternal existence bound themselves to the worship of and obedience to God: 'And when thy Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them testify concerning themselves, "Am I not your Lord?" they said, "Yea, we testify".' (7. 171). To the Mu'tazila... | |
 | Union européenne des arabisants et islamisants. Congress - 1998 - 352 pages
...hate: from unity (ittihäd), the peak of my ascension (mi' rag), my journey begins, (v. 295) 19 "And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from...and made them testify touching themselves, 'Am I not (a lastu) your Lord?'. They said. 'Yes (bala), we testify* — lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection.... | |
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And when thy Lord took from the Children of Adam, from their loins, their seed, and made them testify touching themselves, 'Am I not your Lord? 
