• some Jews turned into apes for:

  • breaking the sabbath, al-Baqarah 2:65

  • pride, al-A`raf 7:166

• some turned into pigs and monkeys, al-Ma'idah 5:60

Masud Masihiyyen's article, Solving a Quranic Puzzle, investigates possible sources for the mysterious claim that Jews have been turned into apes for breaking the Sabbath.

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