The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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فَلَمَّا
عَتَوْا
عَن
مَّا
نُهُوا
عَنْهُ
قُلْنَا
لَهُمْ
كُونُوا
قِرَدَةً
خَاسِئِينَ
fa-lammā ʿataw ʿan mā nuhū ʿanhu qulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsiʾīna
When they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."
