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dwell you and your wife in the Garden and eat (you both) from it (freely) a plenteous (food) wherever you (two) wish and do not approach (you two) this tree, for then you (two) will be of the unjust” (35) . But the Satan made them both slip from it and drove them out of what they were in; and We said: “Get down, some of you being the enemies of others; and there is for you in the earth an abode and a provision for a time” (36) .

Then Adam received (some) words from his Lord, so He returned to him mercifully; surely He is Oft-returning (to mercy) , the Merciful (37) . We said: “Get down you there-from all together; and if there comes to you a guidance from Me, then whoever follows My guidance, no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve (38) . And (as to) those who disbelieve in, and belie, Our signs, they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide” (39). Commentary Qur’an: * And We said: “O Adam!

Dwell you and your wife. . . ” :*Although the story of the angels' prostration before Adam has been repeated several times in the Qur'an, that of his placement in the Garden has been given in three places only: First: The verses given above, from Chapter 2 (the Cow). Second: In Chapter 7 (the Elevated Places): • And (We said): “O Adam! dwell you and your wife in the Garden; so eat from where you desire, but do not go near this tree, for then you will be of the unjust” (19).