Surah Ṭā Hā (طه) – Verse 121

Context & Significance: The verse “So Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray” (20:121) sits at the heart of one of the Qur’an’s most delicate theological questions: how should the lapse of a prophet be understood? The Qur’an’s attribution of ʿiṣyān (disobedience) and ghayy (going astray) to Adam immediately raises challenges for the doctrine of […]