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Surah Taha — 20:118

إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰ

Innaa laka allaa tajoo'a feeha wa laa ta'raa

"Ey Adem! Doğrusu bu, senin ve eşinin düşmanıdır. Sakın sizi cennetten çıkarmasın, yoksa bedbaht olursun. Doğrusu cennette ne acıkırsın, ne de çıplak kalırsın; orada ne susarsın ne de güneşin sıcağında kalırsın" dedik.

Indeed, it is yours here never to hunger nor to be naked,

Reflection

The garden is described by what it spares a person, hunger and nakedness here, thirst and the sun's heat in the line that follows, covering food, clothing, drink and shade between them. Nakedness sits oddly in a list of bodily needs until verse 121, where exposure is the first thing the two of them notice after eating. What the promise names in advance is exactly what the fall undoes.

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