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Surah Taha, Verse 120

سورة طه، الآية ١٢٠

20:120 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 320 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:120

فَوَسْوَسَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لَّا يَبْلَىٰ ۝١٢٠

Transliteration

fawaswasa ilayhi l-shayṭānu qāla yāādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajarati l-khul'di wamul'kin lā yablā

Translation

Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

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Verse 120 of Surah Taha (20:120), 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 120

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But the satan whispered to Adam saying: “Shall I show you a tree that whoever eats from it will never die, but in fact remain forever, and possess an everlasting kingdom that will never break or end?”

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Other translations of verse 120

Then Satan whispered to him, and said, “O Adam, shall I show you the tree of immortality and a kingdom that will never decay?”

Then Shaitân (Satan) whispered to him, saying: "O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away?"

But the devil whispered to him, saying: O Adam! Shall I show thee the tree of immortality and power that wasteth not away?

But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"

But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to him; he said: O Adam! Shall I guide you to the tree of immortality and a kingdom which decays not?

Then Ash-Shaytan (The Ever-Vicious, i.e., the Devil) whispered to him. He said, "O Adam, shall I indicate to you the Tree of Eternity and a Kingdom that does not decay?"

Verse 120 word by word

  1. فَوَسْوَسَ fawaswasa Then whispered و س و س
  2. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him
  3. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ l-shayṭānu Shaitaan ش ط ن
  4. قَالَ qāla he said ق و ل
  5. يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ yāādamu O Adam أ د م
  6. هَلْ hal Shall
  7. أَدُلُّكَ adulluka I direct you د ل ل
  8. عَلَىٰ ʿalā to
  9. شَجَرَةِ shajarati (the) tree ش ج ر
  10. ٱلْخُلْدِ l-khul'di (of) the Eternity خ ل د
  11. وَمُلْكٍ wamul'kin and a kingdom م ل ك
  12. لَّا lā not
  13. يَبْلَىٰ yablā (that will) deteriorate ب ل و

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  • Al-A’raf 7:21–22

    وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّى لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ …

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

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