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Surah Taha, Verse 117

سورة طه، الآية ١١٧

20:117 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 320 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:117

فَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ ۝١١٧

Transliteration

faqul'nā yāādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukh'rijannakumā mina l-janati fatashqā

Translation

So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

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Verse 117 of Surah Taha (20:117), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 320 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 117

Al-Mukhtasar

So I said: “O Adam, Iblis is your enemy and your wife’s enemy, so let him not take you and your wife out of paradise, by obeying him in what he whispers, in which case you will bear difficulties and hardship.

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Other translations of verse 117

We said “O Adam, this is an enemy to you and to your wife, so do not let him drive you both out of Paradise, for then you will fall into misery.

Then We said: "O Adam! Verily, this is an enemy to you and to your wife. So let him not get you both out of Paradise, so that you will be distressed.

Therefor we said: O Adam! This is an enemy unto thee and unto thy wife, so let him not drive you both out of the Garden so that thou come to toil.

Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.

So We said: O Adam! This is an enemy to you and to your wife; therefore let him not drive you both forth from the garden so that you should be unhappy;

Then We said, "O Adam, surely this is an enemy to you and to your spouse; so definitely do not let him drive you both out of the Garden, so that you (The Arabic pronoun here is singular) be wretched."

Verse 117 word by word

  1. فَقُلْنَا faqul'nā Then We said ق و ل
  2. يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ yāādamu O Adam أ د م
  3. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  4. هَٰذَا hādhā this
  5. عَدُوٌّ ʿaduwwun (is) an enemy ع د و
  6. لَّكَ laka to you
  7. وَلِزَوْجِكَ walizawjika and to your wife ز و ج
  8. فَلَا falā So not
  9. يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا yukh'rijannakumā (let) him drive you both خ ر ج
  10. مِنَ mina from
  11. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati Paradise ج ن ن
  12. فَتَشْقَىٰٓ fatashqā so (that) you would suffer ش ق و

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4738

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Moses argued with Adam and said to him (Adam), 'You are the one who got the people out of Paradise by your sin, and thus made them miserable." Adam replied, 'O Moses! You are the one whom Allah selected for His Message and for His direct talk. Yet you blame me for a thing…

حَاجَّ مُوسَى آدَمَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجْتَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ بِذَنْبِكَ وَأَشْقَيْتَهُمْ‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ آدَمُ يَا مُوسَى أَنْتَ الَّذِي اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِرِسَالَتِهِ وَبِكَلاَمِهِ أَتَلُومُنِي…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 1 other version

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4739

The Suras of Bani Israel, Al-Kahf, Mariyam, Taha and Al-Anbiya are from the very old Suras which I learnt by heart, and they are my first property.

بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهْفُ وَمَرْيَمُ وَطَهَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءُ هُنَّ مِنَ الْعِتَاقِ الأُوَلِ، وَهُنَّ مِنْ تِلاَدِي‏.‏ وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ ‏{‏جُذَاذًا‏}‏ قَطَّعَهُنَّ‏.‏ وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ ‏{‏فِي فَلَكٍ‏}‏ مِثْلِ…

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 2 other versions

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