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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 21

سورة الأعراف، الآية ٢١

7:21 Juz 8 Hizb 16 Page 152 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:21

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ۝٢١

Transliteration

waqāsamahumā innī lakumā lamina l-nāṣiḥīna

Translation

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

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Verse 21 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 8, on page 152 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 21

Al-Mukhtasar

Satan swore to the two of them saying: 'By Allah I am to you both, O Adam and Eve, a sincere advisor in what I direct you to.'

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Other translations of verse 21

And he swore to them, “I am indeed your sincere adviser.”

And he [Shaitân (Satan)] swore by Allâh to them both (saying): "Verily, I am one of the sincere well-wishers for you both."

And he swore unto them (saying): Lo! I am a sincere adviser unto you.

And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.

And he swore to them both: Most surely I am a sincere adviser to you.

And he swore to both of them, "Surely I am indeed for you both one of your honest (Literally: one of the honest advisers) advisers."

Verse 21 word by word

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ waqāsamahumā And he swore (to) both of them ق س م
إِنِّى innī Indeed, I am
لَكُمَا lakumā to both of you
لَمِنَ lamina among
ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ l-nāṣiḥīna the sincere advisors ن ص ح

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