Edited sentence: According to Lewis, the language of abuse was often quite strong among Muslims and the conventional epithets for Jews are apes, and for Christians are pigs.Further he argues that the verse does not stereotype all Jews but only those who violated Sabbath.He further suggests that the source of these stories of transformation may be midrashic works (including the Talmud) and Jewish oral tradition.Jansen states that many modern preachers have applied this term to the Jews of twentieth century.Johannes J.Khaleel Mohammed suggests that these verses are a polemic, addressed to those who "who were making fun of Islamic beliefs".The Qur'an refers to some Jews being punished by God and transformed into apes