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COMMUNISM IN AMBUSH
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When your Lord took out all their descendants from the loins
of the children of Adam and made them testify against them-
selves ‘Am I not your Lord?’ they said, ‘We testify that indeed
You are!’ Lest you say on the Day of Rising, ‘We knew nothing
of this.’ (Surat al-A’raf, 172)

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

W Wa iz akhaza rabbuka mim bani a_dama min zuhu_rihim zur-
riyyatahum wa asyhadahum ‘ala_ anfusihim, alastu bi rabbikum,
qa_lu_ bala_ - syahidna_ - an taqu_lu_ yaumal qiya_mati inna_
kunna_ ‘an ha_za_ ga_filin(a).
Wa iz akhaza: And when (He) took out
(iz: you know, remember, then, at that time, … when… because,
as, hence)
rabbuka: your Lord
mim bani a_dama: from the children of Adam
min zuhu_rihim: from their loins
zurriyyatahum: their descendant, their lines, their lineage
wa asyhadahum: and made them testify
‘ala_ anfusihim: against themselves