166 Preface فَلَمّا عَتَوا عَن ما نُهوا عَنهُ قُلنا لَهُم كونوا قِرَدَةً خاسِئينَAli Quli QaraiWhen they defied [the command pertaining to] what they were forbidden from, We said to them, ‘Be you spurned apes.’1 Cf. 2:65.