The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies 33:72

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Arabic English Morphology
إِنَّا innā
Indeed, We Prep
عَرَضْنَا ʿaraḍnā
[We] offered V
the Trust Noun
عَلَى ʿalā
to Prep
the heavens Noun
and the earth Noun
and the mountains Noun
but they refused V
أَن an
to Prep
bear it V
and they feared V
مِنْهَا min'hā
from it Prep
وَحَمَلَهَا waḥamalahā
but bore it V
the man Noun
Indeed, he Prep
كَانَ kāna
was V
ظَلُومًا ẓalūman
unjust Noun
جَهُولًا jahūlan
ignorant Noun

We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth, and the mountains, yet they refused to undertake it and were afraid of it; mankind undertook it- they have always been inept and foolish

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا ٱلۡأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡجِبَالِ فَأَبَیۡنَ أَن یَحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَأَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومࣰا جَهُولࣰا ۝٧٢

innā ʿaraḍnā l-amānata ʿalā l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wal-jibāli fa-abayna an yaḥmil'nahā wa-ashfaqna min'hā waḥamalahā l-insānu innahu kāna ẓalūman jahūla