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

He taught Adam the names of all things, then He presented them to the angels and said, “Tell Me the names of these, if what you say is true?”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:32

قَالُواْ

سُبۡحَٰنَكَ

لَا

عِلۡمَ

لَنَآ

إِلَّا

مَا

عَلَّمۡتَنَآۖ

إِنَّكَ

أَنتَ

ٱلۡعَلِيمُ

ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

٣٢

They replied, “Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are truly the All-Knowing, All-Wise.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:33

قَالَ

يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ

أَنۢبِئۡهُم

بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡۖ

فَلَمَّآ

أَنۢبَأَهُم

بِأَسۡمَآئِهِمۡ

قَالَ

أَلَمۡ

أَقُل

لَّكُمۡ

إِنِّيٓ

أَعۡلَمُ

غَيۡبَ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَأَعۡلَمُ

مَا

تُبۡدُونَ

وَمَا

كُنتُمۡ

تَكۡتُمُونَ

٣٣

Allah said, “O Adam! Inform them of their names.” Then when Adam did, Allah said, “Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:34

وَإِذۡ

قُلۡنَا

لِلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ

ٱسۡجُدُواْ

لِأٓدَمَ

فَسَجَدُوٓاْ

إِلَّآ

إِبۡلِيسَ

أَبَىٰ

وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرَ

وَكَانَ

مِنَ

ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

٣٤

And ˹remember˺ when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,”¹ so they all did—but not Iblîs,² who refused and acted arrogantly,³ becoming unfaithful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:35

وَقُلۡنَا

يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ

ٱسۡكُنۡ

أَنتَ

وَزَوۡجُكَ

ٱلۡجَنَّةَ

وَكُلَا

مِنۡهَا

رَغَدًا

حَيۡثُ

شِئۡتُمَا

وَلَا

تَقۡرَبَا

هَٰذِهِ

ٱلشَّجَرَةَ

فَتَكُونَا

مِنَ

ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

٣٥

We cautioned, “O Adam! Live with your wife in Paradise and eat as freely as you please, but do not approach this tree, or else you will be wrongdoers.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:36

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ

عَنۡهَا

فَأَخۡرَجَهُمَا

مِمَّا

كَانَا

فِيهِۖ

وَقُلۡنَا

ٱهۡبِطُواْ

بَعۡضُكُمۡ

لِبَعۡضٍ

عَدُوّٞۖ

وَلَكُمۡ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مُسۡتَقَرّٞ

وَمَتَٰعٌ

إِلَىٰ

حِينٖ

٣٦

But Satan deceived them—leading to their fall from the ˹blissful˺ state they were in,¹ and We said, “Descend from the heavens ˹to the earth˺ as enemies to each other.² You will find in the earth a residence and provision for your appointed stay.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:37