Sura 33 Al-Ahzab (Those who took up arms), ayah 72

  1. إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا

    Translation by words

    إِنَّا
    Indeed, We
    عَرَضْنَا
    [We] offered
    ٱلْأَمَانَةَ
    the Trust
    عَلَى
    to
    ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
    the heavens
    وَٱلْأَرْضِ
    and the earth
    وَٱلْجِبَالِ
    and the mountains,
    فَأَبَيْنَ
    but they refused
    أَن
    to
    يَحْمِلْنَهَا
    bear it
    وَأَشْفَقْنَ
    and they feared
    مِنْهَا
    from it;
    وَحَمَلَهَا
    but bore it
    ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ
    the man.
    إِنَّهُۥ
    Indeed, he
    كَانَ
    was
    ظَلُومًا
    unjust
    جَهُولًا
    ignorant.

    Indeed, we offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man (undertook to) bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.

    33:72

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 33 Al-Ahzab (Those who took up arms)