Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 166·Makkī

166

فَلَمَّا عَن مَّا عَنْهُ لَهُمْ ﴿١٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ق-ر-د — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 166 of 206

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 2:65 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ

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

  • Quran 54:9 · Al-Qamarclose

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا۟ مَجْنُونٌ وَٱزْدُجِرَ

    The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.

  • Quran 36:18 · Yaseenclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

  • Quran 34:32 · Sabaclose

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

    Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

  • Quran 27:37 · An-Namlclose

    ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ

    Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be…

  • Quran 7:133 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

    So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Baqara 2:654 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱعْتَدَوْا۟ مِنكُمْ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ

    ق-ر-دخ-س-أك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1082 shared roots

    قَالَ ٱخْسَـُٔوا۟ فِيهَا وَلَا تُكَلِّمُونِ

    خ-س-أق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:702 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ نَنْهَكَ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ن-ه-يق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1673 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُخْرَجِينَ

    ن-ه-يك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:212 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَآءَنَا لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْ عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا

    ع-ت-وق-و-ل

  • Maryam 19:83 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

    ع-ت-وك-و-نق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 7:166?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:166 include Quran 2:65 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 54:9 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 36:18 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 34:32 (Surah Saba). For example, 2:65 reads: “And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 7:166 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:166 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."”

Which surah is verse 7:166 in?

Quran 7:166 is āyah 166 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:166?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:166 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.