surah Araf aya 166 , English translation of the meaning Ayah.
﴿فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ﴾
[ الأعراف: 166]
7:166 So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Tafsir Ibn Katheer in EnglishWhen they overstepped the limits, rebelling against Allah out of pride and stubbornness, and they would not be advised, Allah told them: 'O you disobedient ones! Be you monkeys, humiliated!' So they became what He willed, because when He wills something He only says to it ‘Be!’ and it is.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected." (It is a severe warning to the mankind that they should not disobey what Allah commands them to do, and be far away from what He prohibits them).
phonetic Transliteration
Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhoo AAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasieena
Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation
When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised."
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7:166 So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, translate in arabic
فلما عتوا عن ما نهوا عنه قلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسئين
سورة: الأعراف - آية: ( 166 ) - جزء: ( 9 ) - صفحة: ( 172 )Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
When they insolently persisted in disobedience and buried exhortation in oblivion, We laid their transgression to their charge and decreed that they be monkeyfied and that their monkey- like character and behaviour be viewed with contempt, and that they be despised and rejected of men
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(7:166) And when they persisted in pursuing that which had been forbidden We said: 'Become despised apes.' *126
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, meaning
*126). For details see Towards Understanding the Q ur'an, vol. 1, alBaqarah 2: n. 83, pp. 81-2,
So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, meaning in Urdu
پھر جب وہ پوری سرکشی کے ساتھ وہی کام کیے چلے گئے جس سے انہیں روکا گیا تھا، تو ہم نے کہا کہ بندر ہو جاؤ ذلیل اور خوار
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