إِنَّا عَرَضۡنَا ٱلۡأَمَانَةَ عَلَى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَٱلۡجِبَالِ فَأَبَيۡنَ أَن يَحۡمِلۡنَهَا وَأَشۡفَقۡنَ مِنۡهَا وَحَمَلَهَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ ظَلُومٗا جَهُولٗا ٧٢
Innā 'aradnal-amānata 'alas-samāwāti wal-ardi wal-jibāli fa abayna an yahmilnahā wa ashfaqna minhā wahamalahal-insānu innahū kāna zalūman jahūlā
Indeed, We offered the Trust1214 to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined to bear it and feared it; but man [undertook to] bear it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant.1215
Footnotes
1214 The acceptance of obligations and obedience to Allāh.
1215 Coveting its reward while forgetting the penalty for failure to keep his commitment.