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Surah Al-A'raf Verse 20

Quran 7:20 · The Heights · Meccan · Juz 8

7:20

Arabic

فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطٰنُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وٗرِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْءٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهٰىكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ اِلَّآ اَنْ تَكُوْنَا مَلَكَيْنِ اَوْ تَكُوْنَا مِنَ الْخٰلِدِيْنَ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

Fa waswasa lahumasy-syaiṭōnu liyubdiya lahumā mā wūriya ‘anhumā min sau'ātihimā wa qōla mā nahākumā robbukumā ‘an hāżihisy-syajaroti illā an takūnā malakaini au takūnā minal-khōlidīn

Meaning

But Satan whispered to them, to reveal to them their nakedness, which was invisible to them. He said, “Your Lord has only forbidden you this tree, lest you become angels, or become immortals.”

Surah Al-A'raf verse 20 (Quran 7:20) is verse 20 of the 206 verses of Surah Al-A'raf (The Heights), a Meccan surah that is number 7 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 8.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).