Ask them about the town which stood by the sea shore. Behold! They sinned in regard to the Sabbath. On their Sabbath day, the fish swam up to them and stuck their heads out of the water (to tempt them to catch them). But the fish did not do this on the day that was not the Sabbath. In this way We tempted them because they were devoted to sinning. When some of them said, “Why do you bother preaching to people whom Allah will destroy or inflict with a terrible punishment?” The preachers responded, “To fulfill our obligations to their Lord and they might yet fear Him.” When they ignored the warnings given to them, We saved those who avoided evil, but We punished the evil-doers with a grievous punishment because they were devoted to sinning. When in their insolence they transgressed the warnings, We said to them, “Become monkeys! Despised and rejected.”


你向他们询问那个滨海城市的情况吧。当时他们在安息日违法乱纪。当时，每逢安息日的时候，鱼儿就浮游到他们面前来，将头伸出水面（以试验他们去捕它们）；不是安息日的时候，鱼儿就不到他们的面前来。由于他们不义的行为，我才这样试验他们。当时，他们中有一伙人说：“真主要加以毁灭，或加以严惩的民众，你们何必劝戒他们呢？”他们说：“因为求得你们主的原谅，而且希望他们能敬畏。”当他们不采纳忠告的时候，我拯救了戒人作恶者，而以严刑惩罚不义者，因为他们犯了罪。当他们妄自尊大，不肯遵守戒律的时候，我对他们说：“你们变成卑贱的猿猴吧！”（古兰经7：163－166）

这书是翻译自Dr. Abdullah Aziz的’The Amazing Teachings of Islam’s Prophet – Mohammed’s Believe It or Else!’。

1至5的内容取材自古兰经。6至21的内容取材自布哈里圣训实录全集卷一至卷三（中文译本由康有玺翻译，经济日报出版社出版）。22至35的内容取材自布哈里圣训实录全集卷四至卷九（英文译本由美国南加州大学穆斯林协会翻译，放在http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari）。