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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 19of 206

وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿١٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُwayāādamuAnd O Adam
ٱسْكُنْus'kunDwell
أَنتَantayou
وَزَوْجُكَwazawjukaand your wife
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(in) the Garden
فَكُلَاfakulāand you both eat
مِنْminfrom
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
شِئْتُمَاshi'tumāyou both wish
وَلَاwalābut (do) not
تَقْرَبَاtaqrabāapproach [both of you]
هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata[the] tree
فَتَكُونَاfatakūnālest you both be
مِنَminaamong
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Shaytan's Deceit with Adam and Hawwa' and Their eating from the Forbidden TreeAllah states that He allowed Adam and his wife to dwell in Paradise and to eat from all of its fruits, except one tree. We have already discussed this in Surat Al-Baqarah. Thus, Shaytan envied them and plotted deceitfully, whispering and suggesting treachery. He wished to rid them of the various favors and nice clothes that they were enjoying.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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