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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 19 (7:19)

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وَيََٰٓٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ …

Quran 7:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 152 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:19
وَيََٰٓٔادَمُٱسْكُنْأَنتَوَزَوْجُكَٱلْجَنَّةَفَكُلَامِنْحَيْثُشِئْتُمَاوَلَاتَقْرَبَاهَٰذِهِٱلشَّجَرَةَفَتَكُونَامِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٩
wayāādamu us'kun anta wazawjuka l-janata fakulā min ḥaythu shi'tumā walā taqrabā hādhihi l-shajarata fatakūnā mina l-ẓālimīna

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."(19)

Word by word

  1. وَيََٰٓٔادَمُwayāādamuAnd O Adam
  2. ٱسْكُنْus'kunDwell
  3. أَنتَantayou
  4. وَزَوْجُكَwazawjukaand your wife
  5. ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata(in) the Garden
  6. فَكُلَاfakulāand you both eat
  7. مِنْminfrom
  8. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  9. شِئْتُمَاshi'tumāyou both wish
  10. وَلَاwalābut (do) not
  11. تَقْرَبَاtaqrabāapproach [both of you]
  12. هَٰذِهِhādhihithis
  13. ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata[the] tree
  14. فَتَكُونَاfatakūnālest you both be
  15. مِنَminaamong
  16. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:19

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This commentary explains ayahs 7:19–21 together.

Shaytan's Deceit with Adam and Hawwa' and Their eating from the Forbidden Tree

Allah states that He allowed Adam and his wife to dwell in Paradise and to eat from all of its fruits, except one tree. We have already discussed this in Surat Al-Baqarah. Thus, Shaytan envied them and plotted deceitfully, whispering and suggesting treachery. He wished to rid them of the various favors and nice clothes that they were enjoying.

وَقَالَ

(He (Shaytan) said) uttering lies and falsehood,

مَا نَهَـكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلاَ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ

("Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should become angels...") meaning, so that you do not become angels or dwell here for eternity. Surely, if you eat from this tree, you will attain both, he said. In another Ayah,

قَالَ يـَادَمُ هَلْ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى شَجَرَةِ الْخُلْدِ وَمُلْكٍ لاَّ يَبْلَى

(Shaytan whispered to him, saying: "O Adam! Shall I lead you to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that will never waste away") 20:120. Here, the wording is similar, so it means, `so that you do not become angels' as in;

يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ أَن تَضِلُّواْ

((Thus) does Allah make clear to you (His Law) lest you go astray. ) 4:176 meaning, so that you do not go astray, and,

وَأَلْقَى فِى الاٌّرْضِ رَوَاسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ

(And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you;) 16:15 that is, so that the earth does not shake with you.

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ

(And he Qasamahuma), swore to them both by Allah, saying,

إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّـصِحِينَ

("Verily, I am one of the sincere well-wishers for you both.") for I was here before you and thus have better knowledge of this place. It is a fact that the believer in Allah might sometimes become the victim of deceit. Qatadah commented on this Ayah, "Shaytan swore by Allah, saying, `I was created before you, and I have better knowledge than you. Therefore, follow me and I will direct you."'

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