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Al-Baqarah 35

Ayah 35 of 286 · Medinan

وَقُلۡنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنۡهَا رَغَدًا حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٣٥

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقُلۡنَاAnd We saidwaqul'nā
  2. يَٰٓـَٔادَمُO Adamyāādamu
  3. ٱسۡكُنۡDwellus'kun
  4. أَنتَyouanta
  5. وَزَوۡجُكَand your spousewazawjuka
  6. ٱلۡجَنَّةَ(in) Paradisel-janata
  7. وَكُلَاand [you both] eatwakulā
  8. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  9. رَغَدًاfreelyraghadan
  10. حَيۡثُ(from) whereverḥaythu
  11. شِئۡتُمَاyou [both] wishshi'tumā
  12. وَلَاBut do notwalā
  13. تَقۡرَبَا[you two] approachtaqrabā
  14. هَٰذِهِthishādhihi
  15. ٱلشَّجَرَةَ[the] treel-shajarata
  16. فَتَكُونَاlest you [both] befatakūnā
  17. مِنَofmina
  18. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

Allah told Adam to live with his wife, Eve, in the Garden, with nothing to ruin their bliss. They were instructed to consume the delightful food from anywhere in the Garden, but also to avoid going near a particular tree which they were forbidden to eat from. If they ate from the prohibited tree, they would become wrongdoers for disobeying Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran