Surat Al A`raf (21-30)

}وَقَاسَمَهُمَا إِنِّي لَكُمَا لَمِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ} [الأعراف: 21]

21- Satan made an oath to Adam and Eve that he is truthful in all he says and only wants to advise them because it had dwelt in Paradise before and knows such things, until he could deceive them.

}فَدَلاَّهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْءَاتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِن وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَنَادَاهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمَا عَن تِلْكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَّكُمَا إِنَّ الشَّيْطَآنَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ} [الأعراف: 22]

22- So, Satan degraded their rank from obedience to disobedience by his oath and made them desire immortality in Paradise. However, when they ate from the tree, their private parts began to be uncovered, then they hasted to take the leaves of trees and put them on their private parts. At that time, their lord called them rebukingly: Have not I commanded you not to eat from that tree and I told you that Satan is a manifest enemy to you, so do not obey him?

}قَالاَ رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ} [الأعراف: 23]

23- Adam and Eve said: O Lord, we had wronged ourselves when we disobeyed You and if You do not forgive us and show mercy to us, we shall be of the destroyed ones.

}قَالَ اهْبِطُواْ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَى حِينٍ} [الأعراف: 24]

24- Allah said to them and to Satan: Go down from Paradise to earth so as to be enemy to one another, and on earth you shall have an abode for a fixed period.

}قَالَ فِيهَا تَحْيَوْنَ وَفِيهَا تَمُوتُونَ وَمِنْهَا تُخْرَجُونَ} [الأعراف: 25]

25- Allah (Glory be to Him) said: On earth you shall live, die, and from which you shall be resurrected for reckoning.

}يَا بَنِي آدَمَ قَدْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ لِبَاساً يُوَارِي سَوْءَاتِكُمْ وَرِيشاً وَلِبَاسُ التَّقْوَىَ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ ذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللّهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ} [الأعراف: 26]

26- O children of Adam, we have created for you from animals and plants clothes to cover your private parts and bodies, and feather from birds to use as decoration for you. But know that the best clothes you cover yourselves with are piety, righteous work, and keeping away from deniable matters. The clothes which Allah created for you are one of His Favors and Mercy to remember His Favors upon you and stay away from forbidden matters.

}يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لاَ يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَاتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاء لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ} [الأعراف: 27]

27- O children of Adam, do not let Satan make you fall into sedition and trials by insinuating to you and beatifying falsehood in your hearts, as hr had done with your parents Adam and Eve. He drove them out of the abode of bliss to the abode of hardship and fatigue, and took off their clothes to display their private parts because he hates you. Indeed, he and his troops of jinn see you while you cannot see them; and We have made devils as mates to humans to mislead disbelievers, so beware of them.

}وَإِذَا فَعَلُواْ فَاحِشَةً قَالُواْ وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءنَا وَاللّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاء أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللّهِ مَا لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ} [الأعراف: 28]

28- If polytheists commit deniable actions such as worshipping idols and circumambulating the Ka`bah naked, they would say: Thus we found our fathers doing and Allah commanded us to do so; thereby they imitated them out of ignorance, and attributed lies against Allah. So, O Prophet, say to them: The actions you do are deniable, and Allah does not command with immoralities, but He commands with the best of actions and good manners; do you then attribute false accusations and what you do not know to Allah?!

}قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ} [الأعراف: 29]

29- Say to polytheists: Verily, my Lord commands with justice and integrity.

So, direct your faces to Allah at every Salah and be loyal to Him. As He created you while you were nothing, you shall return to Him on the Day of Resurrection after you had been dead and turned into bones in order to reckon you for your actions, therefore follow His Command and show sincerity to Him so that you could win His Reward.

}فَرِيقاً هَدَى وَفَرِيقاً حَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّلاَلَةُ إِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاء مِن دُونِ اللّهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ} [الأعراف: 30]

30- There is a group of people whom were guided by Allah by responding to His Command and the command of His Prophet, whereas there was a group of people who were misled when they turned away from the truth and directed themselves to devils and the people of error to ask for support and help while believing they are right.

They shall return as they were: The believing group with Adam and Eve and the disbelieving group with Satan and his tribe.