← Surah 7

7:166

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِـِٔينَ

Word by word

فَلَمَّا
So when
Preposition
عَتَوْا۟
they exceeded all bounds
Verb
Root: عتو
عَن
about
Preposition
مَّا
what
Noun
نُهُوا۟
they were forbidden
Verb
Root: نهي
عَنْهُ
from it
Preposition
قُلْنَا
We said
Verb
Root: قول
لَهُمْ
to them
Preposition
كُونُوا۟
Be
Verb
Root: كون
قِرَدَةً
apes
Noun
Root: قرد
خَٰسِـِٔينَ
despised
Noun
Root: خسأ

Translation

When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Böylece onlar kibre kapılıp yasak kılınan şeylerden vazgeçmeyince, biz de onlara, hor ve zelil maymunlar olun, dedik.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Yasaklanan şeyler nedeniyle haddi aşınca onlara “Aşağılık maymunlar (gibi) olun!” demiştik.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed!

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain