Quran 20:121 — Taa-Haa, verse 121
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they both ate from it. They became conscious of their nakedness and began to cover themselves with leaves from the garden. Adam disobeyed his Lord and was led astray-
فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ ۚ وَعَصَىٰ آدَمُ رَبَّهُ فَغَوَىٰ
fa-akalā min'hā fabadat lahumā sawātuhumā waṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-janati waʿaṣā ādamu rabbahu faghawā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So the two of them ate of it, and their shameful parts revealed to them, and they took to stitching upon themselves leaves of the Garden. And Adam disobeyed his Lord, and so he erred.
- Muhammad Asad
- And so the two ate [of the fruit] thereof: and thereupon they became conscious of their nakedness and began to cover themselves with pieced-together leaves from the garden. And [thus] did Adam disobey his Sustainer, and thus did he fall into grievous error.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَكَلَاfa-akalā | Then they both ate | أكل |
| 2 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 3 | فَبَدَتْfabadat | so became apparent | بدو |
| 4 | لَهُمَاlahumā | to them | — |
| 5 | سَوْءَٰتُهُمَاsawātuhumā | their shame | سوأ |
| 6 | وَطَفِقَاwaṭafiqā | and they began | طفق |
| 7 | يَخْصِفَانِyakhṣifāni | (to) fasten | خصف |
| 8 | عَلَيْهِمَاʿalayhimā | on themselves | — |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | وَرَقِwaraqi | (the) leaves | ورق |
| 11 | ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۚl-janati | (of) Paradise | جنن |
| 12 | وَعَصَىٰٓwaʿaṣā | And Adam disobeyed | عصي |
| 13 | ءَادَمُādamu | And Adam disobeyed | — |
| 14 | رَبَّهُۥrabbahu | his Lord | ربب |
| 15 | فَغَوَىٰfaghawā | and erred | غوي |