Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:177

7:177

سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

sāa mathalan l-qawmu alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wa-anfusahum kānū yaẓlimūna

How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

— Saheeh International

How foul is the image of those who reject Our signs! It is themselves they wrong:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Evil is the parable of the people who rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their ownselves.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

سَآءَsāaEvil
مَثَلًاmathalan(as) an example
ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmu(are) the people
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
وَأَنفُسَهُمْwa-anfusahumand themselves
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnawrong