7:166

Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 166

Surah Al-A'raf (chapter 7) · Ayah 166 · Juz 9 · Page 172

Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 166 (7:166) means: “So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."” (Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2))

Updated: 10 Nov 2026
Text: Uthmani script (Tanzil)
Translation: Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

7:166

Al-A'raf · Ayah 166

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Quran 7:166 (Al-A'raf) · Saheeh International, Noor International Center (QuranEnc v1.1.2)

Text sources

Arabic text · Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), Uthmani text version 1.1, CC BY 3.0, copied without changes
Translation · English Translation - Noor International Center · QuranEnc.com v1.1.2
Juz & pages · Tanzil Quran Metadata 1.0 (Madinah mushaf, 604 pages), CC BY 3.0