وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ And ask them عَنِ about ٱلْقَرْيَةِ the town ٱلَّتِى which كَانَتْ was حَاضِرَةَ situated ٱلْبَحْرِ (by) the sea إِذْ when يَعْدُونَ they transgressed فِى in ٱلسَّبْتِ the (matter of) Sabbath إِذْ when تَأْتِيهِمْ came to them حِيتَانُهُمْ their fish يَوْمَ (on the) day سَبْتِهِمْ (of) their Sabbath شُرَّعًۭا visibly وَيَوْمَ and (on the) day لَا not يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ they had Sabbath لَا (they did) not تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ come to them كَذَٰلِكَ Thus نَبْلُوهُم We test them بِمَا because كَانُوا۟ they were يَفْسُقُونَ defiantly disobeying ١٦٣
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.
— Come To Light