Quran 20:117 — Taa-Haa, verse 117
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so We said, ‘Adam, this is your enemy, yours and your wife’s: do not let him drive you out of the garden and make you miserable.
فَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰ
faqul'nā yāādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwun laka walizawjika falā yukh'rijannakumā mina l-janati fatashqā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then We said, 'Adam, surely this is an enemy to thee and thy wife. So let him not expel you both from the Garden, so that thou art unprosperous.
- Muhammad Asad
- and thereupon We said: "O Adam! Verily, this is a foe unto thee and thy wife: so let him not drive the two of you out of this garden and render thee unhappy.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā | Then We said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُyāādamu | O Adam | — |
| 3 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 4 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | this | — |
| 5 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | (is) an enemy | عدو |
| 6 | لَّكَlaka | to you | — |
| 7 | وَلِزَوْجِكَwalizawjika | and to your wife | زوج |
| 8 | فَلَاfalā | So not | — |
| 9 | يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَاyukh'rijannakumā | (let) him drive you both | خرج |
| 10 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 11 | ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati | Paradise | جنن |
| 12 | فَتَشْقَىٰٓfatashqā | so (that) you would suffer | شقو |