Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 65
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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ
Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheenaiAAtadaw minkum fee assabti faqulna lahum koonooqiradatan khasi-een
Translations of this verse 7
Saheeh International
And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’
Marmaduke Pickthall
And ye know of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said unto them: Be ye apes, despised and hated!
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Certainly you have knowledge of those among you who transgressed in (the matter of) the Sabbath. We said to them, “Become apes, abased.”
Al-Hilali & Khan
And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday). We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."
Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)
And you know the case of those of you who broke the Sabbath, how We said to them: “Become apes, despised and hated.”