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    Posted: 16 October 2018 at 4:57am
As salamou 'aleykoum

My question is first and foremost a grammatical one.

Apart from any exegetical and traditional consideration, does the verse in 7:20 have a single possible translation or can it have a second one?

وَقَالَ مَا نَهَىٰكُمَا رَبُّكُمَا عَنْ هَٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ إِلَّآ �£َن تَكُونَا مَلَكَيْنِ �£َوْ تَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْخَٰلِدِينَ

The classic translation is as follows:

Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.


From a purely grammatical point of view, can this verse also be translated as follows:


Your Lord forbids you this tree unless you become angels or immortals.


Is it a grammatical possibility, or is only the first translation possible?


Sincerely.

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