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Al-Baqarah 65

Ayah 65 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعۡتَدَوۡاْ مِنكُمۡ فِي ٱلسَّبۡتِ فَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ ٦٥

And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd indeedwalaqad
  2. عَلِمۡتُمُyou knewʿalim'tumu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. ٱعۡتَدَوۡاْtransgressediʿ'tadaw
  5. مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
  6. فِيinfī
  7. ٱلسَّبۡتِthe (matter of) Sabbathl-sabti
  8. فَقُلۡنَاSo We saidfaqul'nā
  9. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  10. كُونُواْBekūnū
  11. قِرَدَةًapesqiradatan
  12. خَٰسِـِٔينَdespisedkhāsiīna

Tafsir

You know well the story of your ancestors, who prepared to fish on the Sabbath when they were not allowed to do so, and did so through trickery. They set up nets in preparation for the Sabbath so Allah made them into monkeys, rejected and cast out, because of their trickery.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran