وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ And ask them wasalhum about ʿani the town l-qaryati which allatī was kānat situated ḥāḍirata (by) the sea l-baḥri when idh they transgressed yaʿdūna in fī the (matter of) Sabbath l-sabti when idh came to them tatīhim their fish ḥītānuhum (on the) day yawma (of) their Sabbath sabtihim visibly shurraʿan and (on the) day wayawma not lā they had Sabbath yasbitūna (they did) not lā come to them tatīhim Thus kadhālika We test them nablūhum because bimā they were kānū defiantly disobeying yafsuqūna
And ask them about the town that was by the sea - when they transgressed in [the matter of] the sabbath - when their fish came to them openly on their sabbath day, and the day they had no sabbath they did not come to them. Thus did We give them trial because they were defiantly disobedient.