Al-A'raaf 7:22 · The Heights · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"he lured them with lies. Their nakedness became exposed to them when they had eaten from the tree: they began to put together leaves from the Garden to cover themselves. Their Lord called to them, ‘Did I not forbid you to approach that tree? Did I not warn you that Satan was your sworn enemy?’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you?"

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ

(And they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise.) "Using fig leaves." This statement has an authentic chain of narration leading to Ibn `Abbas. Mujahid said that they began to cover themselves with the leaves of Paradise, "Making them as a dress (or garment)." Commenting on Allah's statement,

يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا

(Stripping them of their raiment) 7:27 Wahb bin Munabbih said, "The private parts of Adam and Hawwa' had a light covering them which prevented them from seeing the private parts of each other. When they ate from the tree, their private parts appeared to them." Ibn Jarir reported this statement with an authentic chain of narration. Abdur-Razzaq reported from Qatadah, "Adam said, `O Lord! What if I repented and sought forgiveness' Allah said, `Then, I will admit you into Paradise.' As for Shaytan, he did not ask for forgiveness, but for respite. Each one of them was given what he asked for." Ad-Dahhak bin Muzahim commented,

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَـسِرِينَ

("Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.") "These are the words that Adam received from his Lord."

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Сатана низвел Адама и Хавву с той высокой ступени, которую они заняли благодаря тому, что целомудренно сторонились ослушания. Он окунул их в скверну грехов, и они поели плоды запретного дерева. Но стоило им вкусить их, как обнажились их срамные места, которые прежде были сокрыты от их взоров. Богобоязненность, будучи их духовным одеянием, влияла и на их внешний облик, но после совершения греха их срамные места обнажились, и они стали стыдиться друг друга и прилеплять на себя листья райских деревьев, прикрывая ими срамные места. Тогда Господь обратился к ним с укором и порицанием: «Разве вам не было запрещено питаться плодами этого дерева? Разве вам не было сказано, что сатана - ваш заклятый враг? Почему же вы совершили запрещенное и послушались его?»