Al-Baqara 2:65
The Cow · ayah 65 of 286
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ
Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een
"And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised.""
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated!"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected.""