Surah Ta-Ha 20:115 — translation and meaning
طه · Verse 115 / 135 · Page 320
وَلَقَدْ عَهِدْنَا إِلَى آدَمَ مِن قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْمًا
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
عَهِدْنَا
ahid'na
We made a covenant
إِلَى
ila
with
آدَمَ
adama
Adam
مِن
min
before
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
فَنَسِيَ
fanasiya
but he forgot
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
نَجِدْ
najid
We found
لَهُ
lahu
in him
عَزْمًا
azman
determination
Transliteration
Wa laqad 'ahidnaaa ilaaa Aadama min qablu fanasiya wa lam najid lahoo 'azmaa
Translation
And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
And I enjoined on Adam beforehand not to eat of the tree, and I forbade him from this and explained to him its consequences. But he forgot the instruction, ate of the tree and was unable to resist it. And I did not see in him resolve to observe what I enjoined.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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