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Al-A'raf 24

Ayah 24 of 206 · Meccan

قَالَ ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٢٤

[Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَ(Allah) saidqāla
  2. ٱهۡبِطُواْGet downih'biṭū
  3. بَعۡضُكُمۡsome of youbaʿḍukum
  4. لِبَعۡضٍto some otherslibaʿḍin
  5. عَدُوّٞۖ(as) enemyʿaduwwun
  6. وَلَكُمۡAnd for youwalakum
  7. فِيinfī
  8. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  9. مُسۡتَقَرّٞ(is) a dwelling placemus'taqarrun
  10. وَمَتَٰعٌand livelihoodwamatāʿun
  11. إِلَىٰforilā
  12. حِينٖa timeḥīnin

Tafsir

Allah told Adam, Eve and Satan: 'Go down from Paradise to the earth, where some of you will be enemies of others, and where you would have a place to settle with enjoyment of what is in the earth until an appointed time.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran