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So high (above all)(is) Allahthe Kingﱄﱅthe TrueAnd (do) nothastenwith the Quranbeforebefore[that]is completedto youﱎﱏits revelationand sayMy LordIncrease me(in) knowledge(114)

Exalted is Allah, the True King! Do not rush to recite ˹a revelation of˺ the Quran ˹O Prophet˺ before it is ˹properly˺ conveyed to you,1 and pray, “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.”

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And verilyWe made a covenantwithAdambeforebeforebut he forgotand notWe foundin himdetermination(115)

And indeed, We once made a covenant with Adam, but he forgot, and ˹so˺ We did not find determination in him.

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And whenWe saidto the AngelsProstrateto Adamthen they prostratedexceptIblishe refused(116)

And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs,1 who refused ˹arrogantly˺.

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Then We saidO AdamIndeedthis(is) an enemyto youand to your wifeSo not(let) him drive you bothfromParadiseso (that) you would suffer(117)

So We cautioned, “O Adam! This is surely an enemy to you and to your wife. So do not let him drive you both out of Paradise, for you ˹O Adam˺ would then suffer ˹hardship˺.

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Indeedfor youthat notyou will be hungrythereinand notyou will be unclothedﱿ(118)

Here it is guaranteed that you will never go hungry or unclothed,

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And that younotwill suffer from thirstthereinand notexposed to the sun's heat(119)

nor will you ˹ever˺ suffer from thirst or ˹the sun’s˺ heat.”1

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Then whisperedto himShaitaanhe saidO AdamShallI direct youto(the) tree(of) the Eternityand a kingdomnot(that will) deteriorate(120)

But Satan whispered to him, saying, “O Adam! Shall I show you the Tree of Immortality and a kingdom that does not fade away?”

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Then they both atefrom itso became apparentto themtheir shameand they began(to) fastenon themselvesfrom(the) leavesﲟﲠ(of) ParadiseAnd Adam disobeyedAnd Adam disobeyedhis Lordand erred(121)

So they both ate from the tree and then their nakedness was exposed to them, prompting them to cover themselves with leaves from Paradise. So Adam disobeyed his Lord, and ˹so˺ lost his way.1

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Thenchose himhis Lordand turnedto himand guided (him)(122)

Then his Lord chose him ˹for His grace˺, accepted his repentance, and guided him ˹rightly˺.

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He saidGo downfrom itﲰﲱallsome of youto othersﲴﲵ(as) enemyThen ifcomes to youfrom Meguidancethen whoeverfollowsMy guidancethen nothe will go astrayﲿand notsuffer(123)

Allah said, “Descend, both of you, from here together ˹with Satan˺ as enemies to each other. Then when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray ˹in this life˺ nor suffer ˹in the next˺.

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And whoeverturns awayfromMy remembrancethen indeedfor him(is) a lifestraitenedand We will gather him(on the) Day(of) the Resurrectionblind(124)

But whoever turns away from My Reminder will certainly have a miserable life,1 then We will raise them up blind on the Day of Judgment.”

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He will sayMy LordWhyYou raised meblindwhile [verily]I hadsight(125)

They will cry, “My Lord! Why have you raised me up blind, although I used to see?”