The Heights, The Elevated Places — Verse 166

7:166 · al-A`raf

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The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:166

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Arabic English Morphology
فَلَمَّا falammā
So when Noun
عَتَوْا۟ ʿataw
they exceeded all bounds V
عَن ʿan
about Prep
مَّا mā
what Noun
نُهُوا۟ nuhū
they were forbidden V
عَنْهُ ʿanhu
from it Prep
قُلْنَا qul'nā
We said V
لَهُمْ lahum
to them Noun
كُونُوا۟ kūnū
Be V
قِرَدَةً qiradatan
apes Noun
خَٰسِـِٔينَ khāsiīna
despised Noun

When, in their arrogance, they persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنۡهُ قُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِءِینَ ۝١٦٦

falammā ʿataw ʿan mā nuhū ʿanhu qul'nā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiīn

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