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قَالَ (Allah) said مَا What مَنَعَكَ prevented you أَلَّا that not تَسْجُدَ you prostrate إِذْ when أَمَرْتُكَ ۖ I commanded you قَالَ (Shaitaan) said أَنَا۠ I am خَيْرٌۭ better مِّنْهُ than him خَلَقْتَنِى You created me مِن from نَّارٍۢ fire وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ and You created him مِن from طِينٍۢ clay ١٢

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

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قَالَ (Allah) said فَٱهْبِطْ Then go down مِنْهَا from it فَمَا for not يَكُونُ it is لَكَ for you أَن that تَتَكَبَّرَ you be arrogant فِيهَا in it فَٱخْرُجْ So get out إِنَّكَ indeed, you مِنَ (are) of ٱلصَّـٰغِرِينَ the disgraced ones ١٣

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise], for it is not for you to be arrogant therein. So get out; indeed, you are of the debased."

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قَالَ (Shaitaan) said أَنظِرْنِىٓ Give me respite إِلَىٰ till يَوْمِ (the) Day يُبْعَثُونَ they are raised up ١٤

[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

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قَالَ (Allah) said إِنَّكَ Indeed, you مِنَ (are) of ٱلْمُنظَرِينَ the ones given respite ١٥

[Allāh] said, "Indeed, you are of those reprieved."

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قَالَ (Shaitaan) said فَبِمَآ Because أَغْوَيْتَنِى You have sent me astray لَأَقْعُدَنَّ surely I will sit لَهُمْ for them صِرَٰطَكَ (on) Your path ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ the straight ١٦

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them [i.e., mankind] on Your straight path.

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ثُمَّ Then لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم surely, I will come to them مِّنۢ from بَيْنِ before أَيْدِيهِمْ them وَمِنْ and from خَلْفِهِمْ behind them وَعَنْ and from أَيْمَـٰنِهِمْ their right وَعَن and from شَمَآئِلِهِمْ ۖ their left وَلَا and not تَجِدُ You (will) find أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them شَـٰكِرِينَ grateful ١٧

Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]."

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قَالَ (Allah) said ٱخْرُجْ Get out مِنْهَا of it مَذْءُومًۭا disgraced مَّدْحُورًۭا ۖ and expelled لَّمَن Certainly, whoever تَبِعَكَ follows you مِنْهُمْ among them لَأَمْلَأَنَّ surely, I will fill جَهَنَّمَ Hell مِنكُمْ with you أَجْمَعِينَ all ١٨

[Allāh] said, "Depart from it [i.e., Paradise], reproached and expelled. Whoever follows you among them - I will surely fill Hell with you, all together."

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وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ And O Adam ٱسْكُنْ Dwell أَنتَ you وَزَوْجُكَ and your wife ٱلْجَنَّةَ (in) the Garden فَكُلَا and you both eat مِنْ from حَيْثُ wherever شِئْتُمَا you both wish وَلَا but (do) not تَقْرَبَا approach [both of you] هَـٰذِهِ this ٱلشَّجَرَةَ [the] tree فَتَكُونَا lest you both be مِنَ among ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ the wrongdoers ١٩

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."

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فَوَسْوَسَ Then whispered لَهُمَا to both of them ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ the Shaitaan لِيُبْدِىَ to make apparent لَهُمَا to both of them مَا what وُۥرِىَ was concealed عَنْهُمَا from both of them مِن of سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا their shame وَقَالَ And he said مَا (Did) not نَهَىٰكُمَا forbid you both رَبُّكُمَا your Lord عَنْ from هَـٰذِهِ this ٱلشَّجَرَةِ [the] tree إِلَّآ except أَن that تَكُونَا you two become مَلَكَيْنِ Angels أَوْ or تَكُونَا you two become مِنَ of ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَ the immortals ٢٠

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."

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وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ And he swore (to) both of them إِنِّى Indeed, I am لَكُمَا to both of you لَمِنَ among ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ the sincere advisors ٢١

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

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فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا So he made both of them fall بِغُرُورٍۢ ۚ by deception فَلَمَّا Then when ذَاقَا they both tasted ٱلشَّجَرَةَ the tree بَدَتْ became apparent لَهُمَا to both of them سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا their shame وَطَفِقَا and they began يَخْصِفَانِ (to) fasten عَلَيْهِمَا over themselves مِن from وَرَقِ (the) leaves ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ (of) the Garden وَنَادَىٰهُمَا And called them both رَبُّهُمَآ their Lord أَلَمْ Did not أَنْهَكُمَا I forbid you both عَن from تِلْكُمَا this ٱلشَّجَرَةِ [the] tree وَأَقُل and [I] say لَّكُمَآ to both of you إِنَّ that ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ [the] Shaitaan لَكُمَا to both of you عَدُوٌّۭ (is) an enemy مُّبِينٌۭ open ٢٢

So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

— Come To Light

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