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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 22 (7:22)

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فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ ۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا …

Quran 7:22 is ayah 22 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.

7:22
فَدَلَّىٰهُمَابِغُرُورٍ ۚفَلَمَّاذَاقَاٱلشَّجَرَةَبَدَتْلَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاوَطَفِقَايَخْصِفَانِعَلَيْهِمَامِنوَرَقِٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖوَنَادَىٰهُمَارَبُّهُمَآأَلَمْأَنْهَكُمَاعَنتِلْكُمَاٱلشَّجَرَةِوَأَقُللَّكُمَآإِنَّٱلشَّيْطَٰنَلَكُمَاعَدُوٌّمُّبِينٌ٢٢
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

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?"(22)

Word by word

  1. فَدَلَّىٰهُمَاfadallāhumāSo he made both of them fall
  2. بِغُرُورٍ ۚbighurūrinby deception
  3. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  4. ذَاقَاdhāqāthey both tasted
  5. ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajaratathe tree
  6. بَدَتْbadatbecame apparent
  7. لَهُمَاlahumāto both of them
  8. سَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumātheir shame
  9. وَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqāand they began
  10. يَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifāni(to) fasten
  11. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāover themselves
  12. مِنminfrom
  13. وَرَقِwaraqi(the) leaves
  14. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) the Garden
  15. وَنَادَىٰهُمَاwanādāhumāAnd called them both
  16. رَبُّهُمَآrabbuhumātheir Lord
  17. أَلَمْalamDid not
  18. أَنْهَكُمَاanhakumāI forbid you both
  19. عَنʿanfrom
  20. تِلْكُمَاtil'kumāthis
  21. ٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajarati[the] tree
  22. وَأَقُلwa-aquland [I] say
  23. لَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you
  24. إِنَّinnathat
  25. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَl-shayṭāna[the] Shaitaan
  26. لَكُمَاlakumāto both of you
  27. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
  28. مُّبِينٌmubīnunopen

Tafsir (commentary) of 7:22

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This commentary explains ayahs 7:22–23 together.

وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ

(And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.) "Using fig leaves." This statement has an authentic chain of narration leading to Ibn `Abbas. Mujahid said that they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise, "Making them as a dress (or garment)." Commenting on Allah's statement,

يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا

(Stripping them of their raiment) 7:27 Wahb bin Munabbih said, "The private parts of Adam and Hawwa' had a light covering them which prevented them from seeing the private parts of each other. When they ate from the tree, their private parts appeared to them." Ibn Jarir reported this statement with an authentic chain of narration. Abdur-Razzaq reported from Qatadah, "Adam said, `O Lord! What if I repented and sought forgiveness' Allah said, `Then, I will admit you into Paradise.' As for Shaytan, he did not ask for forgiveness, but for respite. Each one of them was given what he asked for." Ad-Dahhak bin Muzahim commented,

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِينَ

("Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.") "These are the words that Adam received from his Lord."

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