Tā-ha (Taa-Haa)
We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an and diversified its warnings, so that they may fear Allah or it may cause them to take heed.
So Exalted is Allah, the True Sovereign. Do not hasten to [recite] the Qur’an before its revelation to you is concluded, and say, “My Lord, increase me in knowledge.”
We had already given a command to Adam before, but he forgot, and We found him lacking a firm resolve.
When We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all prostrated, except Iblīs, who refused.
We said “O Adam, this is an enemy to you and to your wife, so do not let him drive you both out of Paradise, for then you will fall into misery.
Here you will neither go hungry nor naked,
nor will you suffer from thirst or from scorching heat.”
Then Satan whispered to him, and said, “O Adam, shall I show you the tree of immortality and a kingdom that will never decay?”
So they both ate from the tree, then their nakedness was revealed to each other, and they began to put together leaves from Paradise to cover themselves. Thus Adam disobeyed his Lord, and fell into error.
Thereafter his Lord chose him, accepted his repentance, and guided him.
Allah said, “Get down, both of you, from here altogether [with Satan] as enemies to one another. Then when there comes to you guidance from Me, whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray nor fall into misery.
But whoever turns away from My Reminder will have a miserable life, and on the Day of Resurrection We will raise him blind.”
He will say, “My Lord, why have you raised me blind, when I was able to see before?”
Allah will say, “Similarly Our verses came to you, but you ignored them, so you will be ignored Today.”
This is how We recompense those who transgress the limits and do not believe in the verses of his Lord; and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more lasting.
