Quran 2:65 — Al-Baqara, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ
walaqad ʿalim'tumu alladhīna iʿ'tadaw minkum fī l-sabti faqul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And well you know there were those among you that transgressed the Sabbath, and We said to them, 'Be you apes, miserably slinking!'
- Muhammad Asad
- for you are well aware of those from among you who profaned the Sabbath, whereupon We said unto them, "Be as apes despicable!"
- Sahih International
- And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | عَلِمْتُمُʿalim'tumu | you knew | علم |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ٱعْتَدَوْا۟iʿ'tadaw | transgressed | عدو |
| 5 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلسَّبْتِl-sabti | the (matter of) Sabbath | سبت |
| 8 | فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā | So We said | قول |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 10 | كُونُوا۟kūnū | Be | كون |
| 11 | قِرَدَةًqiradatan | apes | قرد |
| 12 | خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīna | despised | خسأ |