AL BAQARAH — Ayat 65
وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَواْ مِنكُمْ فِي السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ
And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
Tafsir Ibnu Katsir
<a name="1"></a>وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ الَّذِينَ اعْتَدَواْ مِنكُمْ فِى السَّبْتِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَـسِئِينَ - فَجَعَلْنَـهَا نَكَـلاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
65. And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e. Saturday). We said to them: â€Be you monkeys, despised and rejected.'' 66. So We made this punishment an example for those in front of it and those behind it, and a lesson for Al-Muttaqin (the pious.  Allah said,