Then, when they rebelled against the commands to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”
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.”
When they stubbornly refused to stop doing what they were told not to do, We said to them, "Become monkeys, pushed away and ashamed!"
When they stubbornly refused to stop doing what was forbidden, We said to them, "Become despised monkeys!"
So when they persisted arrogantly in what they had been forbidden, We said to them, “Be despised apes!”
And when they stubbornly rebelled against the command to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”
And when they stubbornly rebelled against the command to refrain, We said to them, “Be despicable apes.”
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."
When they persistently violated what they were forbidden to do, We said to them, “Be despised apes.”
When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!
And then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, "Be as apes, despised!"
And when they persisted in pursuing that which had been forbidden We said: 'Become despised apes.'
When they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’
Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhoo AAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasieena