Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 166
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Al-A'raf · 7:166
Word by word
- فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
- عَتَوْا۟ʿatawthey exceeded all bounds
- عَنʿanabout
- مَّاmāwhat
- نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
- عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
- قُلْنَاqul'nāWe said
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- قِرَدَةًqiradatanapes
- خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīnadespised
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