Al-A'raf 7:166 فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسيين ١٦٦

7:166

فَلَمَّا

عَتَوۡاْ

عَن

مَّا

نُهُواْ

عَنۡهُ

قُلۡنَا

لَهُمۡ

كُونُواْ

قِرَدَةً

خَٰسِـِٔينَ

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So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."¹

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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Those Who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, butThose 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.

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Those Who breached the Sabbath were turned into Monkeys, butThose Who prohibited Their Actions were saved

Allah said that the people of this village we

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Chapter 7, Page 172, Juz 9

163. And ask them (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) about the town that was by the sea; when they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday): when their fish came to them openly on the Sabbath day, and did not come to them on the day they had no Sabbath. Thus We made a trial of them, for they used to rebel against Allâh’s Command (disobey Allâh) [see the Qur’ân: V.4:154 and its footnote]. 164. And when a community among them said: "Why do you preach to a people whom Allâh is about to destroy or to punish with a severe torment?" (The preachers) said: "In order to be free from guilt before your Lord (Allâh), and perhaps they may fear Allâh." 165. So when they forgot the remindings that had been given to them, We rescued those who forbade evil, but We seized those who did wrong with a severe torment because they used to rebel against Allâh’s Command (disobey Allâh). 166. So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected." 167. And (remember) when your Lord declared that He would certainly keep on sending against them (i.e. the Jews), till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict them with a humiliating torment. Verily, your Lord is Quick in Retribution (for the disobedient, wicked) and certainly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (for the obedient and those who beg Allâh’s Forgiveness). 168. And We have broken them (i.e. the Jews) up into various separate groups on the earth: some of them are righteous and some are away from that. And We tried them with good (blessings) and evil (calamities) in order that they might turn (to Allâh’s Obedience).

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