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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

As it is seen, God informs us in the verse that mankind was brought into
being before the universe, that they were created flawlessly and were
fully developed, and that they testified and promised that God is their
Lord. According to the information imparted by the verse, fully devel-
oped, talking, hearing, promising, testifying human beings existed with all
their organs and all their physical characteristics even before the universe
was created.
The original Arabic verse is as below:

“Ve iz ehaze rabbuka min benî âdama min zuhûrihim zurriyyatahum wa
asyhadahum alâ anfusihim, a lastu birabbikum, qâlû balâ, syahidna, an
taqûlû yaumal qiyâmati innâ kunnâ an hâzâ gâfilîn (gâfilîna).”

ve iz ehaze: And when (He) took out
(iz: you know, remember, then, at that time, … when… because, as,
hence)
rabbuka: your Lord
min benî âdama: from the children of Adam
min zuhûri-him: from their loins
zurriyyatahum: their descendant, their lines, their lineage
wa asyhadahum: and made them testify
alâ anfusi-him: against themselves
a lastu: am I not?
bi rabbikum: your Lord
qâlû: they said
bala: yes
syahidna: we testify
an taqûlû: lest, so that you say not
yaumal qiyâmati: the Day of Rising
innâ: certainly we, genuinely we
kunnâ: we are, … we were
'an hâza: of this
gâfilîn(a): unaware, knew nothing

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