Surah Taha, Ayah 117 (20:117)

طه

فَقُلْنَا يََٰٓٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ

Quran 20:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 320 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:117
فَقُلْنَايََٰٓٔادَمُإِنَّهَٰذَاعَدُوٌّلَّكَوَلِزَوْجِكَفَلَايُخْرِجَنَّكُمَامِنَٱلْجَنَّةِفَتَشْقَىٰٓ١١٧
faqul'nā yāādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukh'rijannakumā mina l-janati fatashqā

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.(117)

Word by word

  1. فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāThen We said
  2. يََٰٓٔادَمُyāādamuO Adam
  3. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  4. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  5. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
  6. لَّكَlakato you
  7. وَلِزَوْجِكَwalizawjikaand to your wife
  8. فَلَاfalāSo not
  9. يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَاyukh'rijannakumā(let) him drive you both
  10. مِنَminafrom
  11. ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janatiParadise
  12. فَتَشْقَىٰٓfatashqāso (that) you would suffer

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