Surah Al-A'raf 7:13 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 13 / 206 · Page 152

قَالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
(Allah) said
فَاهْبِطْ
fah'bit
Then go down
مِنْهَا
min'ha
from it
فَمَا
fama
for not
يَكُونُ
yakunu
it is
لَكَ
laka
for you
أَن
an
that
تَتَكَبَّرَ
tatakabbara
you be arrogant
فِيهَا
fiha
in it
فَاخْرُجْ
fa-ukh'ruj
So get out
إِنَّكَ
innaka
indeed you
مِنَ
mina
(are) of
الصَّاغِرِينَ
al-saghirina
the disgraced ones

Transliteration

Qaala fahbit minhaa famaa yakoonu laka an tatakabbara feehaa fakhruj innaka minas saaghireen

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah told Satan: 'Go down from Paradise, because it is not appropriate for you to be proud in it; as it is a place for those who are good and pure-hearted. You are O Satan disgraced and humiliated, even though you consider yourself to be superior to Adam.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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