Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:163

7:163

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

wasalhum ʿani l-qaryati allatī kānat ḥāḍirata l-baḥri idh yaʿdūna fī l-sabti idh tatīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim shurraʿan wayawma lā yasbitūna lā tatīhim kadhālika nablūhum bimā kānū yafsuqūna

And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], ask them about the town by the sea; how its people broke the Sabbath when their fish surfaced for them only on that day, never on weekdays- We tested them in this way: because of their disobedience-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And ask them (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the town that was by the sea; when they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday): when their fish came to them openly on the Sabbath day, and did not come to them on the day they had no Sabbath. Thus We made a trial of them, for they used to rebel against Allâh’s Command (disobey Allâh) [see the Qur’ân: V.4:154 and its footnote].

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

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وَسْـَٔلْهُمْwasalhumAnd ask them
عَنِʿaniabout
ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
كَانَتْkānatwas
حَاضِرَةَḥāḍiratasituated
ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri(by) the sea
إِذْidhwhen
يَعْدُونَyaʿdūnathey transgressed
فِىfīin
ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabtithe (matter of) Sabbath
إِذْidhwhen
تَأْتِيهِمْtatīhimcame to them
حِيتَانُهُمْḥītānuhumtheir fish
يَوْمَyawma(on the) day
سَبْتِهِمْsabtihim(of) their Sabbath
شُرَّعًۭاshurraʿanvisibly
وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) day
لَاlānot
يَسْبِتُونَۙyasbitūnathey had Sabbath
لَاlā(they did) not
تَأْتِيهِمْۚtatīhimcome to them
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
نَبْلُوهُمnablūhumWe test them
بِمَاbimābecause
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūnadefiantly disobeying