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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 36of 286

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَزَلَّهُمَاfa-azallahumāThen made [both of] them slip
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
عَنْهَاʿanhāfrom it
فَأَخْرَجَهُمَاfa-akhrajahumāand he got [both of] them out
مِمَّاmimmāfrom what
كَانَاkānāthey [both] were
فِيهِ ۖfīhiin [it]
وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nāAnd We said
ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭūGo down (all of you)
بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukumsome of you
لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍinto others
عَدُوٌّۭ ۖʿaduwwun(as) enemy
وَلَكُمْwalakumand for you
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مُسْتَقَرٌّۭmus'taqarrun(is) a dwelling place
وَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿunand a provision
إِلَىٰilāfor
حِينٍۢḥīnina period

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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