English translation of the verse 166 surah - So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We

Surat Al-A‘raf Verse No. 166: Reading and listening

Translation of the verse 166 from Surah Al-A‘raf : Number of verses 206 - - page 172 - Part 9.

﴾فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡاْ عَن مَّا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ قُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ ﴿
[ الأعراف: 166]

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).

English - Sahih International

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

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

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

*126). For details see Towards Understanding the Q ur'an, vol. 1, alBaqarah 2: n. 83, pp. 81-2,
 

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Source : Al-A‘raf Verse 166: So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."