Al-A'raaf 7:166
The Heights · ayah 166 of 206
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ
Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhooAAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-een
"So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised.""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"When, in their arrogance, they persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected.""