The Quran

سورة الاٴعرَاف

Surah Al-A‘râf 7:24

The Elevated Places · Verse 24 of 206

قَالَ اهْبِطُوا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

(God) said, `Get down (from this land). Some of you are (indeed) enemies of others, and there will be for you on this earth a habitation and (enjoyment of) provision for a while.´

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Allah) said: "Get ye down. With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood,- for a time.

Ahmed Ali

"Go," said God, "one the antagonist of the other, and live on the earth for a time ordained, and fend for yourselves.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

He said: "Go down, (all of you,) (and henceforth you will live a life,) some of you being the enemies of the others. There shall be for you on the earth a habitation and provision until an appointed time."

Daryabadi

Allah said: get ye down, one of you an enemy unto anot her; and for you on the earth there shall be a habitation and provision for a season.

Faridul Haque

He said, "Go down, one of you is a foe unto the other; and for a fixed time you shall stay on earth and feed in it."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: Go forth -- some of you, the enemies of others. And there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time.

Maulvi Sher Ali

God said, `Go forth, some of you will be enemies of others. And for you there is an abode on the earth and a provision for a time.'

Muhammad Asad

Said He: "Down with you, [and be henceforth] enemies unto one another, having on earth your abode and livelihood for a while:

Muhammad Musin Khan

(Allah) said: "Get down, one of you an enemy to the other [i.e. Adam, Hawwa (Eve), and Shaitan (Satan), etc.]. On earth will be a dwelling-place for you and an enjoyment, - for a time."

Muhammad Pickthall

He said: Go down (from hence), one of you a foe unto the other. There will be for you on earth a habitation and provision for a while.

Muhammad Sarwar

The Lord told them to leave the garden as each other's enemies and go to earth to dwell and benefit from the means therein for an appointed time.

Muhammed ali Shakir

He said: Get forth, some of you, the enemies of others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time.

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "Go down as enemies of one another. On earth shall be your habitation and provision for awhile."

Shabbir Ahmed

God said, “Be degraded with wedges of discord between one another. There will be for you an abode and sustenance for a while on earth.”