Quran 7:166 — Al-A'raaf, verse 166
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When, in their arrogance, they persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَنْ مَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ
falammā ʿataw ʿan mā nuhū ʿanhu qul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they turned in disdain from that forbidding We said to them, 'Be you apes, miserably slinking!'
- Muhammad Asad
- and then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said unto them: "Be as apes despicable!"
- Sahih International
- So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | عَتَوْا۟ʿataw | they exceeded all bounds | عتو |
| 3 | عَنʿan | about | — |
| 4 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 5 | نُهُوا۟nuhū | they were forbidden | نهي |
| 6 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 7 | قُلْنَاqul'nā | We said | قول |
| 8 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 9 | كُونُوا۟kūnū | Be | كون |
| 10 | قِرَدَةًqiradatan | apes | قرد |
| 11 | خَـٰسِـِٔينَkhāsiīna | despised | خسأ |