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M.Pickthall
163. Ask them (O Muhammad) of the township that was by the sea, how they did break the 
sabbath, how their big fish came unto them visibly upon their sabbath day and on a day 
when they did not keep sabbath came they not unto them. Thus did We try them for that 
they were evil livers.
Yusuf Ali
163. 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.





M.Pickthall
164. And when a community among them said: Why preach ye to a folk whom Allah is about 
to destroy and punish with an awful doom, they said: In order to be free from guilt 
before your Lord, and that haply they may ward off (evil).
Yusuf Ali
164. When some of them said: "why do ye preach to a people whom Allah will destroy or 
visit with a terrible punishment?"  Said the preachers: "to discharge our duty to your 
Lord and perchance they may fear him."





M.Pickthall
165. And when they forgot that whereof they had been reminded, We rescued those who 
forbade wrong, and visited those who did wrong with dreadful punishment because they 
were evil livers.
Yusuf Ali
165. When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them We rescued those who 
forbade evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they 
were given to transgression.





M.Pickthall
166. So when they took pride in that which they had been forbidden, We said unto them: 
Be ye apes despised and loathed!
Yusuf Ali
166. When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibition We said to them: "Be 
ye apes despised and rejected."





M.Pickthall
167. And (remember) when thy Lord proclaimed that He would raise against them till the 
Day of Resurrection those who would lay on them a cruel torment. Lo! verily thy Lord 
is swift in prosecution and lo! verify He is Forgiving, Merciful.
Yusuf Ali
167. Behold! thy Lord did declare that He would send against them to the Day of Judgment 
those who would afflict them with grievous penalty. Thy Lord is quick in retribution but 
he is also Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
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