Al-A'raf 7:166

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فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ

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Then, when they rebelled against the commands to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • Allah

Then, when they rebelled against the commands to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”

ClearQuran • Talal Itani • God

When they stubbornly refused to stop doing what they were told not to do, We said to them, "Become monkeys, pushed away and ashamed!"

ClearQuran for Kids • Talal Itani

When they stubbornly refused to stop doing what was forbidden, We said to them, "Become despised monkeys!"

ClearQuran for Teens • Talal Itani

So when they persisted arrogantly in what they had been forbidden, We said to them, “Be despised apes!”

ClearQuran • AI-assisted

And when they stubbornly rebelled against the command to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”

Community • Allah

And when they stubbornly rebelled against the command to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”

Community • God

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

Saheeh International

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

Hilali and Khan

When they persistently violated what they were forbidden to do, We said to them, “Be despised apes.”

Rowwad Translation Center

When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!

Marmaduke Pickthall

And then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, "Be as apes, despised!"

Wahiduddin Khan

And when they persisted in pursuing that which had been forbidden We said: 'Become despised apes.'

Abul A'la Maududi

When they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’

Ali Quli Qarai

Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhoo AAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasieena

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