Surah Al-Baqarah 2:65
سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ · Medinan · Verse 65 of 286
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ
Translation
You know about those of you who broke the Sabbath, and so We said to them, ‘Be like apes! Be outcasts!’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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