Surah Al-A'raf 7:166 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 166 / 206 · Page 172
فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ
Word by Word
فَلَمَّا
falamma
So when
عَتَوْا
ataw
they exceeded all bounds
عَن
an
about
مَّا
ma
what
نُهُوا
nuhu
they were forbidden
عَنْهُ
anhu
from it
قُلْنَا
qul'na
We said
لَهُمْ
lahum
to them
كُونُوا
kunu
Be
قِرَدَةً
qiradatan
apes
خَاسِئِينَ
khasiina
despised
Transliteration
Falammaa 'ataw 'ammmaa nuhoo 'anhu qulna lahum kkoonoo qiradatan khaasi'een
Translation
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Verse interpretation (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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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