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Surah Taha, Verse 121

سورة طه، الآية ١٢١

20:121 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 320 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:121

فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ۝١٢١

Transliteration

fa-akalā min'hā fabadat lahumā sawātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-janati waʿaṣā ādamu rabbahu faghawā

Translation

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

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Verse 121 of Surah Taha (20:121), 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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Al-Mukhtasar

Then Adam and Eve ate of the tree they were forbidden to eat from, then their private areas became exposed to them after they were hidden, and they began to pluck the leaves of the trees of paradise and cover their private areas with them. Adam opposed the command of his Lord, as he did not comply with His order of refraining from eating of the tree, and so he trespassed the bounds towards that which was not allowed for him.

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Other translations of verse 121

So they both ate from the tree, then their nakedness was revealed to each other, and they began to put together leaves from Paradise to cover themselves. Thus Adam disobeyed his Lord and fell into error45.

Notes

[45] Unlike the Bible, the Qur’an does not put the blame on Eve for Adam’s sin, for which they were ousted from the Garden and sent down to the earth. See: (Genesis 3).

Then they both ate of the tree, and so their private parts became manifest to them, and they began to cover themselves with the leaves of the Paradise for their covering. Thus did Adam disobey his Lord, so he went astray.

Then they twain ate thereof, so that their shame became apparent unto them, and they began to hide by heaping on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, so went astray.

In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.

Then they both ate of it, so their evil inclinations became manifest to them, and they both began to cover themselves with leaves of the garden, and Adam disobeyed his Lord, so his life became evil (to him).

So the two of them ate of it, (and) so their shameful parts became displayed to them, and they took to splicing upon themselves (some) of the leaves of the Garden. And ??dam disobeyed his Lord; so he became misguided.

Verse 121 word by word

  1. فَأَكَلَا fa-akalā Then they both ate أ ك ل
  2. مِنْهَا min'hā from it
  3. فَبَدَتْ fabadat so became apparent ب د و
  4. لَهُمَا lahumā to them
  5. سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا sawātuhumā their shame س و أ
  6. وَطَفِقَا waṭafiqā and they began ط ف ق
  7. يَخْصِفَانِ yakhṣifāni (to) fasten خ ص ف
  8. عَلَيْهِمَا ʿalayhimā on themselves
  9. مِن min from
  10. وَرَقِ waraqi (the) leaves و ر ق
  11. ٱلْجَنَّةِ l-janati (of) Paradise ج ن ن
  12. وَعَصَىٰٓ waʿaṣā And Adam disobeyed ع ص ي
  13. ءَادَمُ ādamu And Adam disobeyed أ د م
  14. رَبَّهُۥ rabbahu his Lord ر ب ب
  15. فَغَوَىٰ faghawā and erred غ و ي

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 2652c

There was an argument between Adam and Moses (peace be upon both of them) in the presence of their Lord. Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said: Are you that Adam whom Allah created with His Hand and breathed into himHis sprit, and commanded angels to fall in prostration before him and He made…

احْتَجَّ آدَمُ وَمُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمَا فَحَجَّ آدَمُ مُوسَى قَالَ مُوسَى أَنْتَ آدَمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَنَفَخَ فِيكَ مِنْ رُوحِهِ وَأَسْجَدَ لَكَ مَلاَئِكَتَهُ وَأَسْكَنَكَ…

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    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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