الْاَعْرَافِ

Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 189

The Heights · Meccan · 206 ayahs

7:189

هُوَ الَّذٖی خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِیَسْكُنَ اِلَیْهَاۚ فَلَمَّا تَغَشّٰیهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلًا خَفٖیفًا فَمَرَّتْ بِهٖۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَثْقَلَتْ دَعَوَا اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ اٰتَیْتَنَا صَالِحًا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِرٖینَ

Huwa allathee khalaqakum min nafsin wahidatin wajaAAala minha zawjaha liyaskuna ilayha falamma taghashshaha hamalat hamlan khafeefan famarrat bihi falamma athqalat daAAawa Allaha rabbahuma lain ataytana salihan lanakoonanna mina alshshakireena

Translations

It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah, their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful

Saheeh International

He it is Who did create you from a single soul, and therefrom did make his mate that he might take rest in her. And when he covered her she bore a light burden, and she passed (unnoticed) with it, but when it became heavy they cried unto Allah, their Lord, saying: If thou givest unto us aright we shall be of the thankful

Marmaduke Pickthall