وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّکَ مِن بَنِى ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّیَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّکُمْ قَالُوا بَلى شَهِدْنَا أَن تَقُولُوا یَوْمَ الْقِیَـمَةِ إِنَّا کُنَّا عَنْ هَـذَا غَـفِلِینَ (172) أَوْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّما أَشْرَکَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَکُنَّا ذُرِّیَّةً مِّن بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِکُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ (173) وَکَذَلِکَ نُفَصِّلُ الاَْیَـتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ یَرْجِعُونَ (174) 172- AND WHEN YOUR LORD TOOK FROM THE CHILDREN OF ADAM, THEIR DESCENDANTS FROM THEIR LOINS, AND MADE THEM TESTIFY TO THEMSELVES, THAT: `AM I NOT YOUR LORD?' THEY SAID: `YES, WE TESTIFY.'
(WE DID THAT) LEST YOU SAY IN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION: `WE WERE UNAWARE OF THIS.'
173- OR LEST YOU SAY: `OUR FATHERS HAVE BEEN POLYTHEISTS BEFORE US, AND WE ARE AN OFFSPRING AFTER THEM. DO YOU THEN DESTROY US FOR WHAT FUTILES HAVE DONE?'
174- AND SO DO WE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL THE SIGNS, PERHAPS THEY RETURN.