Surah Taha, Ayah 121 (20:121)

طه

فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ …

Quran 20:121 is ayah 121 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 320 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:121
فَأَكَلَامِنْهَافَبَدَتْلَهُمَاسَوْءَٰتُهُمَاوَطَفِقَايَخْصِفَانِعَلَيْهِمَامِنوَرَقِٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚوَعَصَىٰٓءَادَمُرَبَّهُۥفَغَوَىٰ١٢١
fa-akalā min'hā fabadat lahumā sawātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-janati waʿaṣā ādamu rabbahu faghawā

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.(121)

Word by word

  1. فَأَكَلَاfa-akalāThen they both ate
  2. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  3. فَبَدَتْfabadatso became apparent
  4. لَهُمَاlahumāto them
  5. سَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumātheir shame
  6. وَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqāand they began
  7. يَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifāni(to) fasten
  8. عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimāon themselves
  9. مِنminfrom
  10. وَرَقِwaraqi(the) leaves
  11. ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚl-janati(of) Paradise
  12. وَعَصَىٰٓwaʿaṣāAnd Adam disobeyed
  13. ءَادَمُādamuAnd Adam disobeyed
  14. رَبَّهُۥrabbahuhis Lord
  15. فَغَوَىٰfaghawāand erred

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