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Taha 121

Ayah 121 of 135 · Meccan

فَأَكَلَا مِنۡهَا فَبَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ١٢١

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَكَلَاThen they both atefa-akalā
  2. مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
  3. فَبَدَتۡso became apparentfabadat
  4. لَهُمَاto themlahumā
  5. سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَاtheir shamesawātuhumā
  6. وَطَفِقَاand they beganwaṭafiqā
  7. يَخۡصِفَانِ(to) fastenyakhṣifāni
  8. عَلَيۡهِمَاon themselvesʿalayhimā
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. وَرَقِ(the) leaveswaraqi
  11. ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ(of) Paradisel-janati
  12. وَعَصَىٰٓAnd Adam disobeyedwaʿaṣā
  13. ءَادَمُAnd Adam disobeyedādamu
  14. رَبَّهُۥhis Lordrabbahu
  15. فَغَوَىٰand erredfaghawā

Tafsir

Then Adam and Eve ate of the tree they were forbidden to eat from, then their private areas became exposed to them after they were hidden, and they began to pluck the leaves of the trees of paradise and cover their private areas with them. Adam opposed the command of his Lord, as he did not comply with His order of refraining from eating of the tree, and so he trespassed the bounds towards that which was not allowed for him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran