Taa-Haa 20:123 — Quran | Pray for the Truth

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

God said, ‘Get out of the garden as each other’s enemy.’ Whoever follows My guidance, when it comes to you [people], will not go astray nor fall into misery,

قَالَ اهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

qāla ih'biṭā min'hā jamīʿan baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduwwun fa-immā yatiyannakum minnī hudan famani ittabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu walā yashqā

A. J. Arberry: Said He, 'Get you down, both of you together, out of it, each of you an enemy to each; but if there comes to you from Me guidance, then whosoever follows My guidance shall not go astray, neither shall he be unprosperous;
Muhammad Asad: saying: "Down with you all from this [state of innocence, and be henceforth] enemies unto one another! None the less, there shall most certainly come unto you guidance from Me: and he who follows My guidance will not go astray, and neither will he be unhappy.
Sahih International: [Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

Word-by-word analysis of Taa-Haa verse 123
#	Word	Meaning	Root
1	قَالَqāla	He said	قول
2	ٱهْبِطَاih'biṭā	Go down	هبط
3	مِنْهَاmin'hā	from it	—
4	جَمِيعًۢا ۖjamīʿan	all	جمع
5	بَعْضُكُمْbaʿḍukum	some of you	بعض
6	لِبَعْضٍlibaʿḍin	to others	بعض
7	عَدُوٌّۭ ۖʿaduwwun	(as) enemy	عدو
8	فَإِمَّاfa-immā	Then if	—
9	يَأْتِيَنَّكُمyatiyannakum	comes to you	أتي
10	مِّنِّىminnī	from Me	—
11	هُدًۭىhudan	guidance	هدي
12	فَمَنِfamani	then whoever	—
13	ٱتَّبَعَittabaʿa	follows	تبع
14	هُدَاىَhudāya	My guidance	هدي
15	فَلَاfalā	then not	—
16	يَضِلُّyaḍillu	he will go astray	ضلل
17	وَلَاwalā	and not	—
18	يَشْقَىٰyashqā	suffer	شقو

Quran 20:123 — Taa-Haa, verse 123

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