The Holy Quran 7:24 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

قَالَ ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Translation

(Addressing Aadam عليه الصلاة والسلام, his wife and their unborn progeny,) He (Allaah) said, "Go down all of you as enemies to each other (for the Heavens cannot be a battle field against Satan). On earth you shall have a place to live and a place to gain benefit for a while (for as long as you live)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The descent of Adam ﵇: in the view of the commentators, this address is to all of them: Adam, Hawwa and the accursed Iblis, because the original enmity is between Adam and Iblis, and the arena of this enmity was made to be our earth, the vicegerency of which had been entrusted to Adam ﵇.

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