Quran Verses about Prophet Adam

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٞ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِيفَةٗۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَتَجۡعَلُ فِيهَا مَن يُفۡسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسۡفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحۡنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَۖ قَالَ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٣٠

Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī jāʿilun fil-arḍi khalīfah, qālū atajʿalu fīhā may yufsidu fīhā wa yasfikud-dimāʾa wa naḥnu nusabbiḥu biḥamdika wa nuqaddisu lak, qāla innī aʿlamu mā lā taʿlamūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority."¹ They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we exalt You with praise and declare Your perfection?"² He [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِي بِأَسۡمَآءِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٣١

Wa ʿallama ādamal-asmāʾa kullahā thumma ʿaraḍahum ʿalal-malāʾikati faqāla anbiʾūnī biʾasmāʾi hāʾulāʾi in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلۡمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمۡتَنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ٣٢

Qālū subḥānaka lā ʿilma lanā illā mā ʿallamtanā, innaka antal-ʿalīmul-ḥakīm.

They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing,¹ the Wise."²

قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ أَنۢبِئۡهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡۖ فَلَمَّآ أَنۢبَأَهُم بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡ قَالَ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَمُ غَيۡبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَأَعۡلَمُ مَا تُبۡدُونَ وَمَا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡتُمُونَ ٣٣

Qāla yāʾādamu anbiʾhum biʾasmāʾihim, falammā anbaʾahum biʾasmāʾihim qāla alam aqul lakum innī aʿlamu ghaybas-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa aʿlamu mā tubdūna wa mā kuntum taktumūn.

He said, "O Adam, inform them of their names." And when he had informed them of their names, He said, "Did I not tell you that I know the unseen [aspects] of the heavens and the earth? And I know what you reveal and what you have concealed."

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ ٥٩

Inna mathala ʿīsā ʿindallāhi kamathali ādam, khalaqahū min turābin thumma qāla lahū kun fayakūn.

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allāh¹ is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن صَلۡصَٰلٖ مِّنۡ حَمَإٖ مَّسۡنُونٖ ٢٨

Wa idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṣalṣālim min ḥamaʾim masnūn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "I will create a human being out of clay from an altered black mud.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٢٩

Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.

And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,¹ then fall down to him in prostration."

إِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّي خَٰلِقُۢ بَشَرٗا مِّن طِينٖ ٧١

Idh qāla rabbuka lil-malāʾikati innī khāliqum basharam min ṭīn.

[So mention] when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I am going to create a human being from clay.

فَإِذَا سَوَّيۡتُهُۥ وَنَفَخۡتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُواْ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ ٧٢

Fa idhā sawwaytuhū wa nafakhtu fīhi mir rūḥī faqaʿū lahū sājidīn.

So when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul,¹ then fall down to him in prostration."

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٣٤

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa abā wastakbara wa kāna minal-kāfirīn.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ صَوَّرۡنَٰكُمۡ ثُمَّ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ لَمۡ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ ١١

Wa laqad khalaqnākum thumma ṣawwarnākum thumma qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa lam yakum minas-sājidīn.

And We have certainly created you, [O mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He was not of those who prostrated.

قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسۡجُدَ إِذۡ أَمَرۡتُكَۖ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ١٢

Qāla mā manaʿaka allā tasjuda idh amartuk, qāla ana khayrum minhu khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn.

[Allāh] said, "What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you?" [Satan] said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay [i.e., earth]."

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسۡجُدُ لِمَنۡ خَلَقۡتَ طِينٗا ٦١

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa qāla aʾasjudu liman khalaqta ṭīnā.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees.¹ He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنۡ أَمۡرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوۡلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمۡ لَكُمۡ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئۡسَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَدَلٗا ٥٠

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa kāna minal-jinni fafasaqa ʿan amri rabbih, afatattakhidhūnahū wa dhurriyyatahū awliyāʾa min dūnī wa hum lakum ʿaduww, biʾsa liẓ-ẓālimīna badalā.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from [i.e., disobeyed] the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُواْ لِأٓدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ أَبَىٰ ١١٦

Wa idh qulnā lil-malāʾikatisjudū liʾādama fasajadū illā iblīsa abā.

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees;¹ he refused.

فَسَجَدَ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ كُلُّهُمۡ أَجۡمَعُونَ ٧٣

Fasajadal-malāʾikatu kulluhum ajmaʿūn.

So the angels prostrated - all of them entirely,

إِلَّآ إِبۡلِيسَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٧٤

Illā iblīsastakbara wa kāna minal-kāfirīn.

Except Iblees;¹ he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.

قَالَ يَٰٓإِبۡلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسۡجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقۡتُ بِيَدَيَّۖ أَسۡتَكۡبَرۡتَ أَمۡ كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَالِينَ ٧٥

Qāla yāʾiblīsu mā manaʿaka an tasjuda limā khalaqtu biyadayy, astakbarta am kunta minal-ʿālīn.

[Allāh] said, "O Iblees, what prevented you from prostrating to that which I created with My hands?¹ Were you arrogant [then], or were you [already] among the haughty?"

قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيۡرٞ مِّنۡهُ خَلَقۡتَنِي مِن نَّارٖ وَخَلَقۡتَهُۥ مِن طِينٖ ٧٦

Qāla ana khayrum minhu khalaqtanī min nāriw wa khalaqtahū min ṭīn.

He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

وَقُلۡنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنۡهَا رَغَدًا حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٣٥

Wa qulnā yāʾādamuskun anta wa zawjukal-jannata wa kulā minhā raghadan ḥaythu shiʾtumā wa lā taqrabā hādhihish-shajarata fatakūnā minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat therefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ عَنۡهَا فَأَخۡرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِۖ وَقُلۡنَا ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٣٦

Fa azallahumash-shayṭānu ʿanhā fa akhrajahumā mimmā kānā fīh, wa qulnahbiṭū baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww, wa lakum fil-arḍi mustaqarruw wa matāʿun ilā ḥīn.

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that [condition] in which they had been. And We said, "Go down, [all of you], as enemies to one another, and you will have upon the earth a place of settlement and provision for a time."

وَيَٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسۡكُنۡ أَنتَ وَزَوۡجُكَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَكُلَا مِنۡ حَيۡثُ شِئۡتُمَا وَلَا تَقۡرَبَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٩

Wa yāʾādamuskun anta wa zawjukal-jannata fakulā min ḥaythu shiʾtumā wa lā taqrabā hādhihish-shajarata fatakūnā minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

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 ٢٠

Fawaswasa lahumash-shayṭānu liyubdiya lahumā mā wūriya ʿanhumā min sawʾātihimā wa qāla mā nahākumā rabbukumā ʿan hādhihish-shajarati illā an takūnā malakayni aw takūnā minal-khālidīn.

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."

وَقَاسَمَهُمَآ إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ ٢١

Wa qāsamahumā innī lakumā laminan-nāṣiḥīn.

And he swore [by Allāh] to them, "Indeed, I am to you from among the sincere advisors."

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 ٢٢

Fadallāhumā bighurūr, falammā dhāqash-shajarata badat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā miw waraqil-jannah, wa nādāhumā rabbuhumā alam anhakumā ʿan tilkumash-shajarati wa aqul lakumā innash-shayṭāna lakumā ʿaduwwum mubīn.

So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And their Lord called to them, "Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you that Satan is to you a clear enemy?"

وَلَقَدۡ عَهِدۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ مِن قَبۡلُ فَنَسِيَ وَلَمۡ نَجِدۡ لَهُۥ عَزۡمٗا ١١٥

Wa laqad ʿahidnā ilā ādama min qablu fanasiya wa lam najid lahū ʿazmā.

And We had already taken a promise from Adam before, but he forgot; and We found not in him determination.¹

فَقُلۡنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوّٞ لَّكَ وَلِزَوۡجِكَ فَلَا يُخۡرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ فَتَشۡقَىٰٓ ١١٧

Faqulnā yāʾādamu inna hādhā ʿaduwwul laka walizawjika falā yukhrijannakumā minal-jannati fatashqā.

So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعۡرَىٰ ١١٨

Inna laka allā tajūʿa fīhā wa lā taʿrā.

Indeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.

وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظۡمَؤُاْ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضۡحَىٰ ١١٩

Wa annaka lā taẓmaʾu fīhā wa lā taḍḥā.

And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun."

فَوَسۡوَسَ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ قَالَ يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ هَلۡ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَىٰ شَجَرَةِ ٱلۡخُلۡدِ وَمُلۡكٖ لَّا يَبۡلَىٰ ١٢٠

Fawaswasa ilayhish-shayṭānu qāla yāʾādamu hal adulluka ʿalā shajaratil-khuldi wa mulkil lā yablā.

Then Satan whispered to him; he said, "O Adam, shall I direct you to the tree of eternity and possession that will not deteriorate?"

فَأَكَلَا مِنۡهَا فَبَدَتۡ لَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخۡصِفَانِ عَلَيۡهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ ٱلۡجَنَّةِۚ وَعَصَىٰٓ ءَادَمُ رَبَّهُۥ فَغَوَىٰ ١٢١

Fa akalā minhā fabadat lahumā sawʾātuhumā wa ṭafiqā yakhṣifāni ʿalayhimā miw waraqil-jannah, wa ʿaṣā ādamu rabbahū faghawā.

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَٰتٖ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٣٧

Fatalaqqā ādamu mir rabbihī kalimātin fatāba ʿalayh, innahū huwat-tawwābur-raḥīm.

Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words,¹ and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of Repentance,² the Merciful.

قُلۡنَا ٱهۡبِطُواْ مِنۡهَا جَمِيعٗاۖ فَإِمَّا يَأۡتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدٗى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ٣٨

Qulnahbiṭū minhā jamīʿā, fa immā yaʾtiyannakum minnī hudan faman tabiʿa hudāya falā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمۡنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمۡ تَغۡفِرۡ لَنَا وَتَرۡحَمۡنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٢٣

Qālā rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa il lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā lanakūnanna minal-khāsirīn.

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."

قَالَ ٱهۡبِطُواْ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُسۡتَقَرّٞ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٢٤

Qālahbiṭū baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww, wa lakum fil-arḍi mustaqarruw wa matāʿun ilā ḥīn.

[Allāh] said, "Descend, being to one another enemies. And for you on the earth is a place of settlement and enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time."

قَالَ فِيهَا تَحۡيَوۡنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنۡهَا تُخۡرَجُونَ ٢٥

Qāla fīhā taḥyawna wa fīhā tamūtūna wa minhā tukhrajūn.

He said, "Therein you will live, and therein you will die, and from it you will be brought forth."

ثُمَّ ٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيۡهِ وَهَدَىٰ ١٢٢

Thummajtabāhu rabbuhū fatāba ʿalayhi wa hadā.

Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

قَالَ ٱهۡبِطَا مِنۡهَا جَمِيعَۢاۖ بَعۡضُكُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوّٞۖ فَإِمَّا يَأۡتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدٗى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشۡقَىٰ ١٢٣

Qālahbiṭā minhā jamīʿā, baʿḍukum libaʿḍin ʿaduww, fa immā yaʾtiyannakum minnī hudan famanittabaʿa hudāya falā yaḍillu wa lā yashqā.

[Allāh] said, "Descend from it [i.e., Paradise] - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter].

يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ قَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ لِبَاسٗا يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَٰتِكُمۡ وَرِيشٗاۖ وَلِبَاسُ ٱلتَّقۡوَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنۡ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَذَّكَّرُونَ ٢٦

Yābanī ādama qad anzalnā ʿalaykum libāsay yuwārī sawʾātikum wa rīshā, wa libāsut-taqwā dhālika khayr, dhālika min āyātillāhi laʿallahum yadhdhakkarūn.

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.

يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفۡتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخۡرَجَ أَبَوَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنۡهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمۡ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا تَرَوۡنَهُمۡۗ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٧

Yābanī ādama lā yaftinannakumush-shayṭānu kamā akhraja abawaykum minal-jannati yanziʿu ʿanhumā libāsahumā liyuriyahumā sawʾātihimā, innahū yarākum huwa wa qabīluhū min ḥaythu lā tarawnahum, innā jaʿalnash-shayāṭīna awliyāʾa lil-ladhīna lā yuʾminūn.

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing¹ to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

۞ وَٱتۡلُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَبَأَ ٱبۡنَيۡ ءَادَمَ بِٱلۡحَقِّ إِذۡ قَرَّبَا قُرۡبَانٗا فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنۡ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمۡ يُتَقَبَّلۡ مِنَ ٱلۡأٓخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقۡتُلَنَّكَۖ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ ٢٧

Watlu ʿalayhim nabaʾabnay ādama bil-ḥaqqi idh qarrabā qurbānan fatuqubbila min aḥadihimā wa lam yutaqabbal minal-ākhari qāla laʾaqtulannak, qāla innamā yataqabbalullāhu minal-muttaqīn.

And recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both made an offering [to Allāh], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allāh only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].

لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقۡتُلَنِي مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٖ يَدِيَ إِلَيۡكَ لِأَقۡتُلَكَۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢٨

Laʾim basaṭta ilayya yadaka litaqtulanī mā ana bibāsiṭiy yadiya ilayka liʾaqtulak, innī akhāfullāha rabbal-ʿālamīn.

If you should raise your hand toward me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand toward you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثۡمِي وَإِثۡمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩

Innī urīdu an tabūʾa biʾithmī wa ithmika fatakūna min aṣḥābin-nār, wa dhālika jazāʾuẓ-ẓālimīn.

Indeed, I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."

فَطَوَّعَتۡ لَهُۥ نَفۡسُهُۥ قَتۡلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٣٠

Faṭawwaʿat lahū nafsuhū qatla akhīhi faqatalahū fa aṣbaḥa minal-khāsirīn.

And his soul permitted to him¹ the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ ٣١

Fabaʿathallāhu ghurābay yabḥathu fil-arḍi liyuriyahū kayfa yuwārī sawʾata akhīh, qāla yāwaylatā aʿajaztu an akūna mithla hādhal-ghurābi fa uwāriya sawʾata akhī, fa aṣbaḥa minan-nādimīn.

Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace¹ of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.