Overall meaning : Allah Almighty mentions one aspect of the story of Adam, peace be upon him, saying: We had commanded Adam before not to eat from the tree and not to obey Satan, and so Satan deceitfully whispered evil thoughts to him and he obeyed him, totally forgetting about Our command to him. We did not find he had a firm resolve to keep Our command.
Mention to the people, Muhammad, the time when We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam in token of respect and honour.’ They obeyed and prostrated themselves except for Iblees who refused to do so. ‘Adam,’ We said, ‘Iblees is an enemy to you and your wife; therefore, beware of obeying him both lest he should cause you both to be expelled from Paradise, for then you alone, Adam, will suffer hardship once you are driven out of it. In paradise you will never go hungry or go naked, nor will you go thirsty or suffer the heat of the sun.’ Satan, however, whispered to him, saying, ‘Shall I show you to a tree which, if you eat from it, you will live for ever and you will have a kingdom that will never decay?’
Adam and Eve ate from the tree that Allah had forbidden them, and then their nakedness, which had thus far been covered, was exposed to them, and so they began to cover themselves with the leaves of the trees of Paradise to hide their intimate parts with them. Thus Adam disobeyed the command of his Lord and was led astray by eating from the tree that Allah had forbidden him to approach. Then Allah chose Adam for His grace, after his disobedience, inspired him to seek repentance, which He accepted and helped him remain steadfast in it.
The Almighty then said to Adam and his wife Eve and to Satan: Get down from Paradise to earth, all of you, as enemies to one another (Adam and his descendants as enemies to Satan and his descendants). When My guidance comes to you, Children of Adam, through the messengers that I send and the books that reveal, then follow them, for whoever follows My messengers and the instructions in My Books will be rightly guided and will attain happiness both in this life and in the life to come.