سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:35
The Cow · Verse 35 of 286
وَقُلْنَا يَا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَٰذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And We said, `O Adam! dwell you and your wife in this garden and eat freely and plentifully from it as you will. But you shall not go near this tree (- evil) lest you should be of the unjust.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
Ahmed Ali
And We said to Adam: "Both you and your spouse live in the Garden, eat freely to your fill wherever you like, but approach not this tree or you will become transgressors.
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Ali Unal
"O Adam! Dwell you, and your spouse, in the Garden, and eat (of the fruits) thereof to your hearts’ content where you desire, but do not approach this tree, or you will both be among the wrongdoers.
Daryabadi
And We said: Adam! dwell thou and thine spouse in the Garden, and eat ye twain plenteously thereof as ye list, but approach not yonder tree, lest yet twain become of the wrong-doers.
Faridul Haque
And We said, "O Adam! You and your wife dwell in this Garden, and eat freely from it wherever you please - but do not approach this tree for you will become of those who transgress."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And We said: O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and eat from it a plenteous (food) wherever you wish, and approach not this tree, lest you be of the unjust.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And when WE said `O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in the garden, and eat therefrom plentifully where ever you will, but approach not this tree, least you be of the wrongdoers.'
Muhammad Asad
And We said: "O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat freely thereof, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become wrongdoers."
Muhammad Musin Khan
And We said: "O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and eat both of you freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever you will, but come not near this tree or you both will be of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
Muhammad Pickthall
And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.
Muhammad Sarwar
We told Adam to stay with his spouse (Eve) in the garden and enjoy the foods therein, but not to go near a certain tree lest he become one of the transgressors.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And We said: O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the garden and eat from it a plenteous (food) wherever you wish and do not approach this tree, for then you will be of the unjust.
Rashad Khalifa
We said, "O Adam, live with your wife in Paradise, and eat therefrom generously, as you please, but do not approach this tree, lest you sin."
Shabbir Ahmed
We told the early humans, Adam and his wife (men and women), “O Mankind! Reside in this land which is Paradise and partake the fruit thereof as you please. But do not go near this branching Tree (of Selfishness). Or, you will become of the wrongdoers.”
Commentary 2:35 Jannat جَنَّة is usually translated as “Paradise”; however it has a different meaning. The word used is al-Jannahٱلْجَنَّةَ that is derived from janna جنٌ…
وَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
2:35 Jannat جَنَّة is usually translated as “Paradise”; however it has a different meaning. The word used is al-Jannahٱلْجَنَّةَ that is derived from janna جنٌ meaning something that is concealed, covered, wrapped or hidden. The garden spoken of in this verse was on this earth, as it was here that Adam was placed and made vice regent (2:30). It was not the Paradise to which the righteous go after death, and from which they will never be expelled (15:48). The place where human beings, symbolized by Adam dwelt was called a garden because of the fertility of its soil and abundance of the fresh green colour of its trees, and because they led there a life of comfort, as is shown by the words that follow (see also 20:117).
No tree exists in this world with the ability to make a man naked or give him knowledge of good or evil, or of immortality as is suggested by the Bible (Gn. 3.5). Many Christian scholars think that tree designated in the Bible is the Tree of Life and knowledge of life and death. The idea was that by eating from the tree, Adam and Eve became aware of their own mortality, and because they feared death, fell into strife and sin. (Gen. 2.9) Many Christians also believe that the tree was a real not a symbol. The Tree ٱلشَّجَرَةَ in this verse represent a symbol. The base verb of the Arabic word shajarahشجَرة is shajara شجَرَ. The idiom shajar al-amr bayna-hum شجَرالأمربينهم means that the affair became confused and became a subject of disagreement and difference between participants: it therefore indicates a quarrel (Fath al-Bayân; Madârik al-Tanzîl by Ibn Taimîyah). Shajarahشجَرَة also signifies the stock or origin of a person, as in the expression هو من شجرة الطيٌبة “he is of good stock” (Lisân, Tâj). Similar idiom exists in English. We might say, “He comes from good stock,” or he has a good family tree.
The Holy Qur’ân makes mention of two kinds of trees: a good tree and a bad tree (14:24-26). Pure things and pure teachings correspond to the good tree, and impure things and impure thoughts correspond to the bad tree. Thus, the word shajarah stands symbolically for evil and quarrelling, discord, fighting, and bloodshed. Here the human beings are warned against these behaviors. This was the tree of evil, which Adam was forbidden to approach. The verse is a reflection of real human nature. Allâh said that the result of approaching the “prohibited tree” of discord would be that human beings would lose moral rectitude, thereby losing their paradisiac state of a life in safety and comfort. Another meaning is that Adam was warned about evil, and the limits that Allâh had set on a human beings desires and actions; limits beyond which he should not go.