إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا ٱلْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَن يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومًۭا جَهُولًۭا
How to read it
'Innā ʻaraḍ'nā l-'amānata ʻalā ssamāwāti wal-'ar'ḍi wal-jibāli fa'abay'na 'an yaḥ'milnahā wa'ash'faq'na min'hā waḥamalahā l-'insānu . 'innahu kāna ẓalūman jahūlan
We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish;-
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

