Quran Universe
7:27

يَٰبَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ لَا يَفۡتِنَنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ كَمَآ أَخۡرَجَ أَبَوَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنۡهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَرَىٰكُمۡ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُۥ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا تَرَوۡنَهُمۡۗ إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ أَوۡلِيَآءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ

Ya banee adama la yaftinannakumu alshshaytanu kama akhraja abawaykum mina aljannati yanziAAu AAanhuma libasahuma liyuriyahuma sawatihima innahu yarakum huwa waqabeeluhu min haythu la tarawnahum inna jaAAalna alshshayateena awliyaa lillatheena la yuminoona

O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.

Word by word
  1. يَٰبَنِيٓO Children
  2. ءَادَمَ(of) Adam
  3. لَا(Let) not
  4. يَفۡتِنَنَّكُمُtempt you
  5. ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ[the] Shaitaan
  6. كَمَآas
  7. أَخۡرَجَhe drove out
  8. أَبَوَيۡكُمyour parents
  9. مِّنَfrom
  10. ٱلۡجَنَّةِParadise
  11. يَنزِعُstripping
  12. عَنۡهُمَاfrom both of them
  13. لِبَاسَهُمَاtheir clothing
  14. لِيُرِيَهُمَاto show both of them
  15. سَوۡءَٰتِهِمَآۚtheir shame
  16. إِنَّهُۥIndeed,he
  17. يَرَىٰكُمۡsees you
  18. هُوَhe
  19. وَقَبِيلُهُۥand his tribe
  20. مِنۡfrom
  21. حَيۡثُwhere
  22. لَاnot
  23. تَرَوۡنَهُمۡۗyou see them
  24. إِنَّاIndeed
  25. جَعَلۡنَاWe have made
  26. ٱلشَّيَٰطِينَthe devils
  27. أَوۡلِيَآءَfriends
  28. لِلَّذِينَof those who
  29. لَا(do) not
  30. يُؤۡمِنُونَbelieve
Al-A'raf · 7:27Makkah

He did it to your parents. He sees you now.

An old enemy you cannot see

The track record
Shaytangot Adam out
by
stripping themexposing what was hidden
now
youseen, not seeing
Who to take as an ally
him and his tribeenemies who pose as friends
Allahthe only true protector

The tafsir says this shows Shaytan's deep hatred for Adam and his children. He moved Adam from the home of comfort to the home of hardship. It links the verse to one asking: will you take him as an ally instead of Me, when he is your enemy?

You would never trust a stranger who had already robbed your family. Yet the same voice that tricked Adam still whispers to you at midnight. You cannot see him, but he sees you.

What I cannot see cannot really affect me.

My oldest enemy is invisible and has a history with my family.

Try this

Say a'udhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajim before opening your phone tonight.

Related18:50
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

O Children of Adam! Let not Shaytan deceive you, as he got your parents out of Paradise, stripping them of their raiment, to show them their private parts. Verily, he and his tribe see you from where you cannot see them. Verily, We made the Shayatin friends of those who believe not (27)

Warning against the Lures of Shaytan

Allah warns the Children of Adam against Iblis and his followers, by explaining about his ancient enmity for the father of mankind, Adam peace be upon him. Iblis plotted to have Adam expelled from Paradise, which is the dwelling of comfort, to the dwelling of hardship and fatigue (this life) and caused him to have his private part uncovered, after it had been hidden from him. This, indeed, is indicative of deep hatred (from Shaytan towards Adam and mankind). Allah said in a similar Ayah,

أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِن دُونِي وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ بِئْسَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بَدَلًا

(Will you then take him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me, while they are enemies to you? What an evil is the exchange for the wrongdoers.)[18:50].