Quran 7:20 — Al-A'raaf, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Satan whispered to them so as to expose their nakedness, which had been hidden from them: he said, ‘Your Lord only forbade you this tree to prevent you becoming angels or immortals,’
فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْآتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَاكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ الْخَالِدِينَ
fawaswasa lahumā l-shayṭānu liyub'diya lahumā mā wūriya ʿanhumā min sawātihimā waqāla mā nahākumā rabbukumā ʿan hādhihi l-shajarati illā an takūnā malakayni aw takūnā mina l-khālidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then Satan whispered to them, to reveal to them that which was hidden from them of their shameful parts. He said, 'Your Lord has only prohibited you from this tree lest you become angels, or lest you become immortals.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon Satan whispered unto the two with a view to making them conscious of their nakedness, of which [hitherto] they had been unaware; and he said: "Your Sustainer has but forbidden you this tree lest you two become [as] angels, or lest you live forever."
- Sahih International
- But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَوَسْوَسَfawaswasa | Then whispered | وسوس |
| 2 | لَهُمَاlahumā | to both of them | — |
| 3 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānu | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 4 | لِيُبْدِىَliyub'diya | to make apparent | بدو |
| 5 | لَهُمَاlahumā | to both of them | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | وُۥرِىَwūriya | was concealed | وري |
| 8 | عَنْهُمَاʿanhumā | from both of them | — |
| 9 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 10 | سَوْءَٰتِهِمَاsawātihimā | their shame | سوأ |
| 11 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And he said | قول |
| 12 | مَاmā | (Did) not | — |
| 13 | نَهَىٰكُمَاnahākumā | forbid you both | نهي |
| 14 | رَبُّكُمَاrabbukumā | your Lord | ربب |
| 15 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 16 | هَـٰذِهِhādhihi | this | — |
| 17 | ٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajarati | [the] tree | شجر |
| 18 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 19 | أَنan | that | — |
| 20 | تَكُونَاtakūnā | you two become | كون |
| 21 | مَلَكَيْنِmalakayni | Angels | ملك |
| 22 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 23 | تَكُونَاtakūnā | you two become | كون |
| 24 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 25 | ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَl-khālidīna | the immortals | خلد |