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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 35of 286

وَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٣٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamuO Adam
ٱسْكُنْus'kunDwell
أَنتَantayou
وَزَوْجُكَwazawjukaand your spouse
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(in) Paradise
وَكُلَاwakulāand [you both] eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
رَغَدًاraghadanfreely
حَيْثُḥaythu(from) wherever
شِئْتُمَاshi'tumāyou [both] wish
وَلَاwalāBut do not
تَقْرَبَاtaqrabā[you two] approach
هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata[the] tree
فَتَكُونَاfatakūnālest you [both] be
مِنَminaof
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Adam was honored againAllah honored Adam by commanding the angels to prostrate before him, so they all complied except for Iblis. Allah then allowed Adam to live and eat wherever and whatever he wished in Paradise. Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr bin Marduwyah reported Abu Dharr saying, "I said, `O Messenger of Allah ﷺ ! Was Adam a Prophet' He said,«نَعَمْ نَبِيًّا رَسُولًا كَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ قُبُلًا»(Yes.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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