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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (12)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (35-36)

{ وَقُلْنَا يَاآدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلاَ مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلاَ تَقْرَبَا هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ } [البقرة: 35]

35- After this honor for Adam, Allah has permitted Paradise for Adam and Eve to live therein and eat from its fruit happily. Then He warned them saying: Do not approach this tree which I fixed for you but if you were to eat therefrom, you had disobeyed your Lord and oppressed yourselves and you have to bear the consequences.
This was a test for them, a direction for their conducts, and teaching for them to keep promises, and that needs a powerful will.


{ فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الأرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ } [البقرة: 36]

36– However, Satan seduced them and adorned for them eating from that specific tree, so they ate therefrom. As a result, they were expelled from the beautiful gardens, the plenty sustenance and the big abode. So, Allah told them after their disobedience: Get out of Paradise and there will be an enmity between you and Satan who seduced you and expelled you out of this everlasting bliss. You shall have on earth a dwelling place, sustenance, a desire and benefits for a fixed period.