Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 166

فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡاْ عَن مَّا نُهُواْ عَنۡهُ قُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُواْ قِرَدَةً خَٰسِـِٔينَ ١٦٦

Falammā 'ataw 'am mā nuhū 'anhu qulnā lahum kūnū qiradatan khāsi'īn

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."