God Turned Humans who Transgressed into Apes and Pigs

God Made Humans into Apes and Pigs as a Punishment for those who Transgressed

For He Cursed them, Saying, "Be Apes," Whereby, When He Intends a Thing, He Only Says to it, "Be," and it is

36:82, Qur'an
[God's] command when He intends a thing, is that He only says to it, "Be," and it is -

Genesis 1:3, Old Testament
[For remember that] God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

2 Ezra 16:55, Apocrypha
[And] who only spoke the word, 'Let the earth be made;' and it was made; 'Let the heaven be made;' and it was created.

3:59, Qur'an
…[And] He created [Adam] from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was.

2:65, Qur'an
And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be despised apes."

16:40, Qur'an
[Whereby] Our word to a thing when We intend it, is only that We say to it, "Be," and it is.

7:166, Qur'an
[So] when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be despised apes."

5:60, Qur'an
…[And thus,] those [are the ones] whom God has cursed and with whom He became angry, and made them apes and pigs…

2:66, Qur'an
And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear [God].

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Indeed, God sent down the Torah in which was guidance and light [5:44], so let the People of the Scripture judge by what God has revealed therein [5:47]. But a group also injected deviation into His verses [41:40], so God sent the Qur'an down in truth as a Criterion over the Scripture [5:48].