وَلَقَدْ And indeed walaqad you knew ʿalim'tumu those who alladhīna transgressed iʿ'tadaw among you minkum in fī the (matter of) Sabbath l-sabti So We said faqul'nā to them lahum Be kūnū apes qiradatan despised khāsiīna
And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا So We made it fajaʿalnāhā a deterrent punishment nakālan for those limā (in) front bayna (of) them yadayhā and those wamā after them khalfahā and an admonition wamawʿiẓatan for those who fear (Allah) lil'muttaqīna
And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.