Surah Al-Baqara 2:35 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 35 / 286 · Page 6

وَقُلْنَا يَاآدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَقُلْنَا
waqul'na
And We said
يَاآدَمُ
yaadamu
O Adam
اسْكُنْ
us'kun
Dwell
أَنتَ
anta
you
وَزَوْجُكَ
wazawjuka
and your spouse
الْجَنَّةَ
al-janata
(in) Paradise
وَكُلَا
wakula
and [you both] eat
مِنْهَا
min'ha
from it
رَغَدًا
raghadan
freely
حَيْثُ
haythu
(from) wherever
شِئْتُمَا
shi'tuma
you [both] wish
وَلَا
wala
But do not
تَقْرَبَا
taqraba
[you two] approach
هَذِهِ
hadhihi
this
الشَّجَرَةَ
al-shajarata
[the] tree
فَتَكُونَا
fatakuna
lest you [both] be
مِنَ
mina
of
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa qulnaa yaaa Aadamus kun anta wa zawjukal jannata wa kulaa minhaa raghadan haisu shi'tumaa wa laa taqabaa haazihish shajarata fatakoonaa minaz zaalimeen

Translation

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah told Adam to live with his wife, Eve, in the Garden, with nothing to ruin their bliss. They were instructed to consume the delightful food from anywhere in the Garden, but also to avoid going near a particular tree which they were forbidden to eat from. If they ate from the prohibited tree, they would become wrongdoers for disobeying Him.

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

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