Surah Ta-Ha 20:117 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 117 / 135 · Page 320

فَقُلْنَا يَاآدَمُ إِنَّ هَذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَى

Word by Word

فَقُلْنَا
faqul'na
Then We said
يَاآدَمُ
yaadamu
O Adam!
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
هَذَا
hadha
this
عَدُوٌّ
aduwwun
(is) an enemy
لَّكَ
laka
to you
وَلِزَوْجِكَ
walizawjika
and to your wife
فَلَا
fala
So not
يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا
yukh'rijannakuma
(let) him drive you both
مِنَ
mina
from
الْجَنَّةِ
al-janati
Paradise
فَتَشْقَى
fatashqa
so (that) you would suffer

Transliteration

Faqulnaa yaaa Aadamu inna haazaa 'aduwwul laka wa lizawjika falaa yukhrijan nakumaa minal Jannati fatashqaa

Translation

So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So I said: “O Adam, Iblis is your enemy and your wife’s enemy, so let him not take you and your wife out of paradise, by obeying him in what he whispers, in which case you will bear difficulties and hardship.

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

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