Al-A'raf 7:166 فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسيين ١٦٦

7:166

فَلَمَّا

عَتَوۡاْ

عَن

مَّا

نُهُواْ

عَنۡهُ

قُلۡنَا

لَهُمۡ

كُونُواْ

قِرَدَةً

خَٰسِـِٔينَ

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But when they stubbornly persisted in violation, We said to them, “Be disgraced apes!”¹

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Those Who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, butThose Who prohibited Their Actions were saved

Allah said that the people of this village were divided into three groups, a group that committed the prohibition, catching fish on the Sabbath, as we described in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Baqarah.

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Those Who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, butThose Who prohibited Their Actions were saved

Allah said that the people of this village we

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Chapter 7, Page 172, Juz 9

163. Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ about ˹the people of˺ the town which was by the sea, who broke the Sabbath. During the Sabbath, ˹abundant˺ fish would come to them clearly visible, but on other days the fish were never seen. In this way We tested them for their rebelliousness. 164. When some of ˹the righteous among˺ them questioned ˹their fellow Sabbath-keepers˺, “Why do you ˹bother to˺ warn those ˹Sabbath-breakers˺ who will either be destroyed or severely punished by Allah?” They replied, “Just to be free from your Lord’s blame, and so perhaps they may abstain.” 165. When they ignored the warning they were given, We rescued those who used to warn against evil and overtook the wrongdoers with a dreadful punishment for their rebelliousness. 166. But when they stubbornly persisted in violation, We said to them, “Be disgraced apes!” 167. And ˹remember, O Prophet,˺ when your Lord declared that He would send against them others who would make them suffer terribly until the Day of Judgment. Indeed, your Lord is swift in punishment, but He is certainly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 168. We dispersed them through the land in groups—some were righteous, others were less so. We tested them with prosperity and adversity, so perhaps they would return ˹to the Right Path˺.

- Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran