The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:163
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
(Muhammad), ask them about the (people of the) towns on the seashore. They had transgressed by catching fish on the Sabbath. Each Sabbath the fish came openly within their reach but not so on other days. Thus, We were testing them because of their evil deeds.
