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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 7:166 | |
| < 7:167 7:165 > |
| Transliteration | Falamma AAataw AAan ma nuhoo AAanhu qulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasi-eena |
| Literal | So when they became arrogant/disobedient from what they were forbidden/prevented from it, We said to them: "Be/become despised/diminished apes/monkeys." |
| Yusuf Ali | When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected." |
| Pickthal | So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: Be ye apes despised and loathed! |
| Arberry | And when they turned in disdain from that forbidding We said to them, 'Be you apes, miserably slinking!' |
| Shakir | Therefore when they revoltingly persisted in what they had been forbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated. |
| Sarwar | When they crossed the limit of the prohibition, We made them turn into detested apes. |
| Khalifa | When they continued to defy the commandments, we said to them, "Be you despicable apes." |
| Hilali/Khan | 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). |
| H/K/Saheeh | So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised." |
| Malik | But when after that they persisted in their forbidden ways, We said to them: "Be detested apes."[166] |
| QXP | As they persisted with their rebellious behavior, Our Law caused their disposition take a downward turn and they developed apish mentality. We told them, "Be the living symbols of humiliation." |
| Maulana Ali | So when they revoltingly persisted in that which they had been forbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes, despised and hated. |
| Free Minds | When they persisted in that which they had been prohibited from, We said to them: "Be despicable apes!" |
| Qaribullah | And when they had scornfully persisted in what they had been forbidden, We said to them: 'Be apes, despised. ' |
| George Sale | And when they proudly refused to desist from what had been forbidden them, We said unto them, be ye transformed into apes, driven away from the society of men. |
| JM Rodwell | And when they forgot their warnings, we delivered those who had forbidden evil; and we inflicted a severe chastisement on those who had done wrong, for that they were evil doers. |
| Asad | and then, when they disdainfully persisted in doing what they had been forbidden to do, We said unto them: "Be as apes despicable!" |
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