وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًۭا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ
How to read it
Wa s''al'hum' ʻani l-qar'yati -llatī kānat' ḥāḍirata l-baḥ'ri 'idh' yaʻ'dūna fī ssab'ti 'idh' ta''tīhim' ḥītānuhum' yaw'ma sab'tihim' shurraʻan wayaw'ma lā yas'bitūna lā ta''tīhim' . kadhālika nab'lūhum bimā kānū yaf'suqūna
Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
