Quran 2:35 — Al-Baqara, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We said, ‘Adam, live with your wife in this garden. Both of you eat freely there as you will, but do not go near this tree, or you will both become wrongdoers.’
وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
waqul'nā yāādamu us'kun anta wazawjuka l-janata wakulā min'hā raghadan ḥaythu shi'tumā walā taqrabā hādhihi l-shajarata fatakūnā mina l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We said, 'Adam, dwell thou, and thy wife, in the Garden, and eat thereof easefully where you desire; but draw not nigh this tree, lest you be evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And We said: "O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat freely thereof, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become wrongdoers."
- Sahih International
- And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقُلْنَاwaqul'nā | And We said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamu | O Adam | — |
| 3 | ٱسْكُنْus'kun | Dwell | سكن |
| 4 | أَنتَanta | you | — |
| 5 | وَزَوْجُكَwazawjuka | and your spouse | زوج |
| 6 | ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata | (in) Paradise | جنن |
| 7 | وَكُلَاwakulā | and [you both] eat | أكل |
| 8 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 9 | رَغَدًاraghadan | freely | رغد |
| 10 | حَيْثُḥaythu | (from) wherever | حيث |
| 11 | شِئْتُمَاshi'tumā | you [both] wish | شيأ |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | But do not | — |
| 13 | تَقْرَبَاtaqrabā | [you two] approach | قرب |
| 14 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | this | — |
| 15 | ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata | [the] tree | شجر |
| 16 | فَتَكُونَاfatakūnā | lest you [both] be | كون |
| 17 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 18 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |