The Cow 2:65

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Arabic English Morphology
And indeed Prep
عَلِمْتُمُ ʿalim'tumu
you knew V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
transgressed V
among you Prep
فِى
in Prep
the (matter of) Sabbath Noun
فَقُلْنَا faqul'nā
So We said V
لَهُمْ lahum
to them Noun
Be V
قِرَدَةً qiradatan
apes Noun
despised Noun

You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱعۡتَدَوۡا۟ مِنكُمۡ فِی ٱلسَّبۡتِ فَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِءِینَ ۝٦٥

walaqad ʿalim'tumu alladhīna iʿ'tadaw minkum fī l-sabti faqul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīn