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Sura 7
Aya 22
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فَدَلّاهُما بِغُرورٍ ۚ فَلَمّا ذاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَت لَهُما سَوآتُهُما وَطَفِقا يَخصِفانِ عَلَيهِما مِن وَرَقِ الجَنَّةِ ۖ وَناداهُما رَبُّهُما أَلَم أَنهَكُما عَن تِلكُمَا الشَّجَرَةِ وَأَقُل لَكُما إِنَّ الشَّيطانَ لَكُما عَدُوٌّ مُبينٌ

Mir Aneesuddin

Thus he caused them to fall through his deceit. So when they tasted of the tree their shame became manifest to them1 and they both began to cover themselves with the leaves of the garden, and their Fosterer called out to them, “Did I not forbid you both (from going near) that tree and tell you both that the devil is certainly your open enemy?”
  • Probably earlier to this they too, like the animals, were not conscious of shame.