2. Sūrat al-Baqarah

٢۔ سُورَةُ البَقَرَة

2.26 Moses: Punishment for the violation of Sabbath.

٢۔٢٦ مقطع في سُورَةُ البَقَرَة

quran:2:65

And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."  

And verily (wa-la-qad: the lām is for oaths) you know that there were those among you who transgressed, violated, the Sabbath, by fishing, when We had forbidden you to do so — these were the inhabitants of Eilat — and We said to them, ‘Be apes, despised!’, rejected, and they became so: they died three days later.
القرآن:٢:٦٥

وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَوْا مِنْكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ  

{ولقد} لام قسم {علمتم} عرفتم {الذين اعتدوا} تجاوزوا الحد {منكم في السبت} بصيد السمك وقد نهيناهم عنه وهم أهل آيلة {فقلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسئين} مبعدين فكانوا وهلكوا بعد ثلاثة أيام.
quran:2:66

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded ˹them˺ and a lesson for those who fear Allah.  

And We made it, this punishment, an exemplary punishment, a lesson to dissuade others from doing what they did; for all the former times and for the latter, that is, for the people of that time or those that came later; and an admonition to such as who fear, God: these are singled out for mention here because they, in contrast to others, are the ones who benefit thereby.
القرآن:٢:٦٦

فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ  

{فجعلناها} أي تلك العقوبة {نكالاً} عبرة مانعة من ارتكاب مثل ما عملوا {لما بين يديها وما خلفها} أي للأمم التي في زمانها وبعدها {وموعظة للمتقين} الله وخصوا بالذكر لأنهم المنتفعون بخلاف غيرهم.