Translation of the meanings Surah Al-A‘rāf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - Page Number 152 - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 12

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسۡجُدَ إِذۡ أَمَرۡتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ

12. (Allāh) said: "What prevented you that you did not prostrate when I commanded you?" 'Satan' said: "I am better than him (Adam). You created me from fire, and created him from clay."

Ayah: 13

قَالَ فَٱهۡبِطۡ مِنۡهَا فَمَا يَكُونُ لَكَ أَن تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيهَا فَٱخۡرُجۡ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ

13. (Allāh) said: "Then descend from it (i.e., Paradise), as it is not for you that you be arrogant in it. So get out, indeed, you (are) of the humiliated ones."

Ayah: 14

قَالَ أَنظِرۡنِيٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ

14. (Satan) said: "Grant me respite until the Day they are resurrected."

Ayah: 15

قَالَ إِنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُنظَرِينَ

15. (Allāh) said: "Indeed, you are of the ones given respite."

Ayah: 16

قَالَ فَبِمَآ أَغۡوَيۡتَنِي لَأَقۡعُدَنَّ لَهُمۡ صِرَٰطَكَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ

16. (Satan) said: "So, for that You have made me go astray5, I will certainly sit in wait for them (i.e., mankind) on Your straight Path."

5. By citing predestination, that Allāh had already decreed him to go astray, Satan sets the record for being the first to use the predestination as a pretext for not following Allah’s command as an excuse to justify his rebelliousness against Him.

Ayah: 17

ثُمَّ لَأٓتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيۡنِ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمِنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ وَعَنۡ أَيۡمَٰنِهِمۡ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمۡۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ شَٰكِرِينَ

17. Then I will certainly come to them from before them and from behind them, and from their right and from their left; and You will not find most of them thankful."

Ayah: 18

قَالَ ٱخۡرُجۡ مِنۡهَا مَذۡءُومٗا مَّدۡحُورٗاۖ لَّمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنۡهُمۡ لَأَمۡلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ

18. (Allāh) said: "So get out of this (Paradise), disgraced, disowned. For whoever of them will follow you, I will certainly fill Gehinnom 'Hell' with you all."

Ayah: 19

وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنۡ حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

19. "O Adam, dwell you and your wife (Eve) in the Garden and eat from wherever you please, but do not go near this tree, lest you be of the transgressors."

Ayah: 20

فَوَسۡوَسَ لَهُمَا ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لِيُبۡدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُۥرِيَ عَنۡهُمَا مِن سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَا وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنۡ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيۡنِ أَوۡ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰلِدِينَ

20. Then, Satan whispered to them in order to display to them what was concealed from them of their nakedness. (Satan) said: "Your Lord has not forbidden you this tree except that you become angels or be immortals."

Ayah: 21

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ

21. He (Satan) swore to both of them (Adam and Eve) saying: "I am surely for you both one of the sincere advisers."

Ayah: 22

فَدَلَّىٰهُمَا بِغُرُورٖۚ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا ٱلشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۖ وَنَادَىٰهُمَا رَبُّهُمَآ أَلَمۡ أَنۡهَكُمَا عَن تِلۡكُمَا ٱلشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَآ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ

22. Thus he deceitfully led them (to the tree). When they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they both began to cover themselves with leaves from the Garden. Their Lord called out to them saying: "Did I not forbid you from that tree and said to you that Satan is an open enemy to you?"