Surah Al-A'raf 7:24 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 24 / 206 · Page 153
ۖ قَالَ اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ
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ۖ
قَالَ
qala
(Allah) said
اهْبِطُوا
ih'bitu
Get down
بَعْضُكُمْ
ba'dukum
some of you
لِبَعْضٍ
liba'din
to some others
عَدُوٌّ
aduwwun
(as) enemy
وَلَكُمْ
walakum
And for you
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
مُسْتَقَرٌّ
mus'taqarrun
(is) a dwelling place
وَمَتَاعٌ
wamata'un
and livelihood
إِلَى
ila
for
حِينٍ
hinin
a time
Transliteration
Qaalah bitoo ba'dukum liba'din aduwwunw wa lakum fil ardi mmustaqarrunw wa mataa'un ilaaheen
Translation
[Allah] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment for a time."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Allah told Adam, Eve and Satan: 'Go down from Paradise to the earth, where some of you will be enemies of others, and where you would have a place to settle with enjoyment of what is in the earth until an appointed time.'
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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