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But the wrongdoers changed the words to other than what they were told[1]; so We sent down upon the wrongdoers a torment from the heaven for their rebelliousness.
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[1] They were asked to seek forgiveness. The word is hittah, which means: to put down a burden, but they twisted their tongues to mean ‘wheat’, hintah (in a Hadith reported by al-Bukhārī and Muslim, they said, ‘A grain in a hair’).
Source: QuranEnc.com · English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center
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