Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

22 Thus he brought about their fall by deception.
So when they tasted of the tree,
their nakedness became exposed to them,
and they began to stitch over themselves
with the leaves of paradise.
Their Lord called out to them,
‘Did I not forbid you from that tree,
and tell you,
“Satan is indeed your manifest enemy?” ’
23 They said, ‘Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves!
If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us,
we will surely be among the losers.’
24 He said, ‘Get down,
being enemies of one another!
On the earth shall be your abode
and sustenance for a time.’
25 He said, ‘In it you will live,
and in it you will die;
and from it you will be raised [from the dead].’
26 ‘O Children of Adam!
We have certainly sent down to you garments
to cover your nakedness, and for adornment.
Yet the garment of Godwariness — that is the best.’
That is [one] of Allah’s signs,
so that they may take admonition.
27 ‘O Children of Adam!
Do not let Satan tempt you,
like he expelled your parents from paradise,
stripping them of their garments
to expose to them their nakedness.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 11 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=239