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.”

你向他們詢問那個濱海城市的情況吧。當時他們在安息日違法亂紀。當時，每逢安息日的時候，魚兒就浮游到他們面前來，將頭伸出水面（以試驗他們去捕它們）；不是安息日的時候，魚兒就不到他們的面前來。由於他們不義的行為，我才這樣試驗他們。當時，他們中有一伙人說：「真主要加以毀滅，或加以嚴懲的民眾，你們何必勸戒他們呢？」他們說：「因為求得你們主的原諒，而且希望他們能敬畏。」當他們不採納忠告的時候，我拯救了戒人作惡者，而以嚴刑懲罰不義者，因為他們犯了罪。當他們妄自尊大，不肯遵守戒律的時候，我對他們說：「你們變成卑賤的猿猴吧！」（古蘭經7：163－166）

這書是翻譯自Dr. Abdullah Aziz的’The Amazing Teachings of Islam’s Prophet – Mohammed’s Believe It or Else!’。

1至5的內容取材自古蘭經。6至21的內容取材自布哈里聖訓實錄全集卷一至卷三（中文譯本由康有璽翻譯，經濟日報出版社出版）。22至35的內容取材自布哈里聖訓實錄全集卷四至卷九（英文譯本由美國南加州大學穆斯林協會翻譯，放在http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari）。