فَاَکَلَا مِنۡہَا فَبَدَتۡ لَہُمَا سَوۡاٰتُہُمَا وَ طَفِقَا یَخۡصِفٰنِ عَلَیۡہِمَا مِنۡ وَّرَقِ الۡجَنَّۃِ ۫ وَ عَصٰۤی اٰدَمُ رَبَّہٗ فَغَوٰی ﴿۱۲۱﴾۪ۖ
121. Then they both ate from it, and their private parts became exposed to them. So they began to stitch the leaves of Paradise over themselves. And (in this way) Adam failed to observe his Lord’s command. So, he missed the mark (and thus could not achieve eternal life).*
* Adam’s act of eating from the tree took place before he was blessed with prophethood. This incident took place in Paradise, whereas he was honoured with the blessing of prophethood after coming down from heaven and settling on the earth, as indicated in the next two verses: 122–123.
فأكلا منها فبدت لهما سوآتهما وطفقا يخصفان عليهما من ورق الجنة وعصى آدم ربه فغوى