Surah Ta-Ha 20:123 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ قَالَ اهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَى

Word by Word

ۖ
ۖ
قَالَ
qala
He said
اهْبِطَا
ih'bita
Go down
مِنْهَا
min'ha
from it
جَمِيعًا
jami'an
all
بَعْضُكُمْ
ba'dukum
some of you
لِبَعْضٍ
liba'din
to others
عَدُوٌّ
aduwwun
(as) enemy
فَإِمَّا
fa-imma
Then if
يَأْتِيَنَّكُم
yatiyannakum
comes to you
مِّنِّي
minni
from Me
هُدًى
hudan
guidance
فَمَنِ
famani
then whoever
اتَّبَعَ
ittaba'a
follows
هُدَايَ
hudaya
My guidance
فَلَا
fala
then not
يَضِلُّ
yadillu
he will go astray
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَشْقَى
yashqa
suffer

Transliteration

Qaalah bita minhaa jamee'am ba'dukum liba'din 'aduww; fa immaa yaati yannakum minnee hudan famanit taba'a hudaaya falaa yadillu wa laa yashhqaa

Translation

[Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah said to Adam and Eve: “Both of you and Iblis, descend from paradise, because he is your enemy and you are his enemies. If there comes to you from Me an explanation of My path, then whoever amongst you follows the explanation of my path, acts accordingly and does not divert from it, he will not go astray from the truth nor will he be misfortunate in the afterlife through punishment, but rather Allah will enter him into paradise.

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

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"[Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants] b…" — Ta-Ha 20:123