Quran 7:166

Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 166

Verse 166 of 206 in Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف), chapter 7 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ

EnglishSaheeh International
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
TamilJan Trust Foundation
தடுக்கப்பட்டிருந்த வரம்பை அவர்கள் மீறிவிடவே, "நீங்கள் இழிவடைந்த குரங்குகளாகி விடுங்கள்" என்று அவர்களுக்கு நாம் கூறினோம்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
එයින් තහනම් කරනු ලැබූ දෑ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඔවුන් සීමාව ඉක්මවා කටයුතු කළ කල්හි ‘නුඹලා අවමානයට පත් වූවන් ලෙසින්, වඳුරන් මෙන් වනු’ යැයි අපි ඔවුනට පැවසුවෙමු.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
یعنی جب وه، جس کام سے ان کو منع کیا گیا تھا اس میں حد سے نکل گئے تو ہم نے ان کو کہہ دیا تم ذلیل بندر بن جاؤ۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
それでかれらが倣慢に禁じられていることを犯した時,われはかれらに言った。「あなたがたは猿になれ。軽蔑され,嫌われてしまえ。」
ChineseMa Jian
当他们妄自尊大,不肯遵守戒律的时候,我对他们说:你们变成卑贱的猿猴吧!

Tafsir of 7:166

Those who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, but Those Who prohibited Their Actions were saved Allah said that the people of this village were divided into three groups: a group that committed the prohibition, catching fish on the Sabbath, as we described in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Baqarah. Another group prohibited them from transgression and avoided them. A third group neither prohibited them nor participated in their action. The third group said to the preachers, لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً شَدِيدًا ("Why do you preach to a people whom Allah is about to destroy or to punish with a severe torment"). They said, 'Why do you forbid these people from evil, when you know that they are destroyed and have earned Allah's punishment?' Therefore, they said, there is no benefit in forbidding them. The preachers replied, مَعْذِرَةً إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ ("In order to be free from guilt before your Lord (Allah),") `for we were commanded to enjoin righteousness and forbid evil,' وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ ("and perhaps they may fear Allah") for on account of our advice, they might stop this evil and repent to Allah.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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