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Al-A'raf 19

Ayah 19 of 206 · Meccan

وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنۡ حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٩

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُAnd O Adamwayāādamu
  2. ٱسۡكُنۡDwellus'kun
  3. أَنتَyouanta
  4. وَزَوۡجُكَand your wifewazawjuka
  5. ٱلۡجَنَّةَ(in) the Gardenl-janata
  6. فَكُلَاand you both eatfakulā
  7. مِنۡfrommin
  8. حَيۡثُwhereverḥaythu
  9. شِئۡتُمَاyou both wishshi'tumā
  10. وَلَاbut (do) notwalā
  11. تَقۡرَبَاapproach [both of you]taqrabā
  12. هَٰذِهِthishādhihi
  13. ٱلشَّجَرَةَ[the] treel-shajarata
  14. فَتَكُونَاlest you both befatakūnā
  15. مِنَamongmina
  16. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

Then Allah told Adam: 'O Adam go and dwell you and your wife Eve in the Paradise, and eat from the good things in it, but do not approach and eat from that tree, for if you both eat from that tree after My prohibiting it you would be of those who transgress My limits.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran