Quran 7:19 — Al-A'raaf, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But you and your wife, Adam, live in the Garden. Both of you eat whatever you like, but do not go near this tree or you will become wrongdoers.’
وَيَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنْ حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
wayāādamu us'kun anta wazawjuka l-janata fakulā min ḥaythu shi'tumā walā taqrabā hādhihi l-shajarata fatakūnā mina l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'O Adam, inherit, thou and thy wife, the Garden, and eat of where you will, but come not nigh this tree, lest you be of the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [as for thee], O Adam', dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become evildoers!"
- Sahih International
- And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُwayāādamu | And O Adam | — |
| 2 | ٱسْكُنْus'kun | Dwell | سكن |
| 3 | أَنتَanta | you | — |
| 4 | وَزَوْجُكَwazawjuka | and your wife | زوج |
| 5 | ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata | (in) the Garden | جنن |
| 6 | فَكُلَاfakulā | and you both eat | أكل |
| 7 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 8 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 9 | شِئْتُمَاshi'tumā | you both wish | شيأ |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | but (do) not | — |
| 11 | تَقْرَبَاtaqrabā | approach [both of you] | قرب |
| 12 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | this | — |
| 13 | ٱلشَّجَرَةَl-shajarata | [the] tree | شجر |
| 14 | فَتَكُونَاfatakūnā | lest you both be | كون |
| 15 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 16 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |