The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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وَاسْأَلْهُمْ
عَنِ
الْقَرْيَةِ
الَّتِي
كَانَتْ
حَاضِرَةَ
الْبَحْرِ
إِذْ
يَعْدُونَ
فِي
السَّبْتِ
إِذْ
تَأْتِيهِمْ
حِيتَانُهُمْ
يَوْمَ
سَبْتِهِمْ
شُرَّعًا
وَيَوْمَ
لَا
يَسْبِتُونَ
لَا
تَأْتِيهِمْ
كَذَلِكَ
نَبْلُوهُم
بِمَا
كَانُوا
يَفْسُقُونَ
wa-sʾalhum ʿani l-qaryati llatī kānat ḥāḍirata l-baḥri ʾidh yaʿdūna fī s-sabti ʾidh taʾtīhim ḥītānuhum yawma sabtihim shurraʿan wa-yawma lā yasbitūna lā taʾtīhim ka-dhālika nablūhum bi-mā kānū yafsuqūna
Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Ask them about the town that was situated on the seaside, when they violated the Sabbath, when their fish would come to them on the Sabbath day, visibly on the shore, but on days when they were not keeping Sabbath they would not come to them. Thus did We test them because of the transgressions they used to commit.
