فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡاْ عَن مَّا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ قُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ ١٦٦
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَلَمَّاSo whenfalammā
- عَتَوۡاْthey exceeded all boundsʿataw
- عَنaboutʿan
- مَّاwhatmā
- نُهُواْthey were forbiddennuhū
- عَنۡهُfrom itʿanhu
- قُلۡنَاWe saidqul'nā
- لَهُمۡto themlahum
- كُونُواْBekūnū
- قِرَدَةًapesqiradatan
- خَٰسِـِٔينَdespisedkhāsiīna
Tafsir
When they overstepped the limits, rebelling against Allah out of pride and stubbornness, and they would not be advised, Allah told them: 'O you disobedient ones! Be you monkeys, humiliated!' So they became what He willed, because when He wills something He only says to it ‘Be!’ and it is.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran