The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف

Al A‘rāf

The Heights

MeccanVerse 22 of 206
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fa-dallāhumā bi-ghurūrin fa-lammā dhāqā sh-shajarata badat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa-ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā min waraqi l-jannati wa-nādāhumā rabbuhumā ʾa-lam ʾanhakumā ʿan tilkumā sh-shajarati wa-ʾaqul lakumā ʾinna sh-shayṭāna lakumā ʿaduwwun mubīnun

Thus he brought about their fall by deception. So when they tasted of the tree, their nakedness became exposed to them, and they began to stitch over themselves with the leaves of paradise. Their Lord called out to them, ‘Did I not forbid you from that tree, and tell you, ‘‘Satan is indeed your manifest enemy?’’ ’

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