Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:65

2:65

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ

walaqad ʿalim'tumu alladhīna iʿ'tadaw minkum fī l-sabti faqul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīna

And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

— Saheeh International

You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday). We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd indeed
عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumuyou knew
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱعْتَدَوْا۟iʿ'tadawtransgressed
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
فِىfīin
ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe (matter of) Sabbath
فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāSo We said
لَهُمْlahumto them
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
قِرَدَةًqiradatanapes
خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīnadespised