ما هو تفسير الآية الكريمة: "فقلنا لهم كونوا قردة خاسئين"؟

The verse (And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the Sabbath. So We said to them, "Be apes, disgraced.") speaks of the Children of Israel who chose Saturday for worship instead of Friday. So, Allah afflicted them with the prohibition of hunting on that day. When whales appeared in abundance on Saturday, they resorted to trickery to catch them, then hunted them openly. So, Allah punished them by transforming them into humiliated apes. Those who enjoined good and forbade evil were saved, while Allah destroyed the rest, including those who did not commit the transgression directly. The story is detailed in Surat Al-A'raf, and Allah made this story a lesson for the righteous.