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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 22

سورة الأعراف، الآية ٢٢

7:22 Juz 8 Hizb 16 Page 152 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:22

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

fadallāhumā bighurūrin falammā dhāqā l-shajarata badat lahumā sawātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-janati wanādāhumā rabbuhumā alam anhakumā ʿan til'kumā l-shajarati wa-aqul lakumā inna l-shayṭāna lakumā ʿaduwwun mubīnun

Translation

So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

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Verse 22 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:22), 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 22

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So Satan brought them down from their high position through trickery and deception. When they ate from the tree which they had been forbidden to eat from, their private parts became exposed and visible to them. So they started to fix leaves from Paradise onto themselves in order to cover up. Their Lord called to them: 'Did I not forbid you both from eating from this tree, and did I not warn you that Satan is your clear enemy?'

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Other translations of verse 22

So he deluded them both with deception. When they tasted the tree, their private parts became visible to them, so they began to put together leaves of the Garden to cover themselves. Their Lord called them, “Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is your sworn enemy?”

So he misled them with deception. Then when they tasted of the tree, that which was hidden from them of their shame (private parts) became manifest to them and they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise (in order to cover their shame). And their Lord called out to them (saying): "Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you: Verily, Shaitân (Satan) is an open enemy unto you?"

Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you?

So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"

Then he caused them to fall by deceit; so when they tasted of the tree, their evil inclinations became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden; and their Lord called out to them: Did I not forbid you both from that tree and say to you that the Shaitan is your open enemy?

So he misled them both by delusion; (Or: caused their fall) then, as soon as they (both) tasted the tree, their shameful parts appeared to them, and they took to splicing upon themselves (some of) the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called out to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and say to you both, surely Satan is for you both an evident enemy?"

Verse 22 word by word

  1. فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا fadallāhumā So he made both of them fall د ل ل
  2. بِغُرُورٍ bighurūrin by deception غ ر ر
  3. فَلَمَّا falammā Then when
  4. ذَاقَا dhāqā they both tasted ذ و ق
  5. ٱلشَّجَرَةَ l-shajarata the tree ش ج ر
  6. بَدَتْ badat became apparent ب د و
  7. لَهُمَا lahumā to both of them
  8. سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا sawātuhumā their shame س و أ
  9. وَطَفِقَا waṭafiqā and they began ط ف ق
  10. يَخْصِفَانِ yakhṣifāni (to) fasten خ ص ف
  11. عَلَيْهِمَا ʿalayhimā over themselves
  12. مِن min from
  13. وَرَقِ waraqi (the) leaves و ر ق
  14. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) the Garden ج ن ن
  15. وَنَادَىٰهُمَا wanādāhumā And called them both ن د ي
  16. رَبُّهُمَآ rabbuhumā their Lord ر ب ب
  17. أَلَمْ alam Did not
  18. أَنْهَكُمَا anhakumā I forbid you both ن ه ي
  19. عَن ʿan from
  20. تِلْكُمَا til'kumā this
  21. ٱلشَّجَرَةِ l-shajarati [the] tree ش ج ر
  22. وَأَقُل wa-aqul and [I] say ق و ل
  23. لَّكُمَآ lakumā to both of you
  24. إِنَّ inna that
  25. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ l-shayṭāna [the] Shaitaan ش ط ن
  26. لَكُمَا lakumā to both of you
  27. عَدُوٌّ ʿaduwwun (is) an enemy ع د و
  28. مُّبِينٌ mubīnun open ب ي ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Musnad Ahmad 15464

People – or he said slaves - will be gathered on the Day of Judgment naked and uncircumcised

Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was told about a Hadīth from a man who heard it from the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). So I bought a camel, prepared my baggage, and traveled for a month to reach him. I arrived at the Levant and found…

قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَكِّيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ…

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