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

Quran 7:166

7:166

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ

falammā ʿataw ʿan mā nuhū ʿanhu qul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīna

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

— Saheeh International

When, in their arrogance, they persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."

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

Juz 9Page 172meccan

Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
عَتَوْا۟ʿatawthey exceeded all bounds
عَنʿanabout
مَّاmāwhat
نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
لَهُمْlahumto them
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
قِرَدَةًqiradatanapes
خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīnadespised