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QUR’AN CHAPTER 7: al-a'Åraf (THE HEIGHTS)
Verse 163

7:163 was-alhum ‘Anil qaryatil-latiy kaanat HaaDiratal baHr* idh ya’Åduuna fis sabti idh ta’tiyhim Hiytaanuhum yawma sabtihim shur-ra’Aw wa yawma laa yasbituuna laa ta’tiyhim* kadhaalika nabluuhum bimaa kaanuu yafsuquun

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And ask them (O dear Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) of the township that was by the sea; when they used to exceed in the matter of the Sabbath - when their fish used to come swimming atop the water in front of them on the day of Sabbath and not come on the days it was not Sabbath; this is how We used to test them, due to their disobedience.

Yusuf Ali:
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.

Pickthal:
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.

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