We Are Born With Instinctive Knowledge About God* (7:172 – 7:178)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · April 11, 2016
We Are Born With Instinctive Knowledge About God*
7:172 Recall that your Lord summoned all the descendants of Adam, and had them bear witness for themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They all said, “Yes. We bear witness.” Thus, you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, “We were not aware of this.”
*7:172 Thus, every human being is born with an instinctive knowledge about God.
7:173 Nor can you say, “It was our parents who practiced idolatry, and we simply followed in their footsteps. Will You punish us because of what others have innovated?”
7:174 We thus explain the revelations, to enable the people to redeem themselves.*
*7:174 This life is our last chance to return to God’s Kingdom (See INTRODUCTION).
7:175 Recite for them the news of one who was given our proofs, but chose to disregard them. Consequently, the devil pursued him, until he became a strayer.