Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:20

7:20

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِيُبْدِىَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِىَ عَنْهُمَا مِن سَوْءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ أَوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَ

fawaswasa lahumā l-shayṭānu liyub'diya lahumā mā wūriya ʿanhumā min sawātihimā waqāla mā nahākumā rabbukumā ʿan hādhihi l-shajarati illā an takūnā malakayni aw takūnā mina l-khālidīna

But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. He said, "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree except that you become angels or become of the immortal."

— Saheeh International

Satan whispered to them so as to expose their nakedness, which had been hidden from them: he said, ‘Your Lord only forbade you this tree to prevent you becoming angels or immortals,’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then Shaitân (Satan) whispered suggestions to them both in order to uncover that which was hidden from them of their private parts (before); he said: "Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save that you should become angels or become of the immortals."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَوَسْوَسَfawaswasaThen whispered
لَهُمَاlahumāto both of them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
لِيُبْدِىَliyub'diyato make apparent
لَهُمَاlahumāto both of them
مَاmāwhat
وُۥرِىَwūriyawas concealed
عَنْهُمَاʿanhumāfrom both of them
مِنminof
سَوْءَٰتِهِمَاsawātihimātheir shame
وَقَالَwaqālaAnd he said
مَاmā(Did) not
نَهَىٰكُمَاnahākumāforbid you both
رَبُّكُمَاrabbukumāyour Lord
عَنْʿanfrom
هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
ٱلشَّجَرَةِl-shajarati[the] tree
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
تَكُونَاtakūnāyou two become
مَلَكَيْنِmalakayniAngels
أَوْawor
تَكُونَاtakūnāyou two become
مِنَminaof
ٱلْخَـٰلِدِينَl-khālidīnathe immortals