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Ali 'Imran 117

Ayah 117 of 200 · Medinan

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٖ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتۡ حَرۡثَ قَوۡمٖ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ فَأَهۡلَكَتۡهُۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَٰكِنۡ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٧

The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves [i.e., sinned] and destroys it. And Allāh has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَثَلُExamplemathalu
  2. مَا(of) whatmā
  3. يُنفِقُونَthey spendyunfiqūna
  4. فِيinfī
  5. هَٰذِهِthishādhihi
  6. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ[the] lifel-ḥayati
  7. ٱلدُّنۡيَا(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  8. كَمَثَلِ(is) like (the) examplekamathali
  9. رِيحٖ(of) a windrīḥin
  10. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  11. صِرٌّ(is) frostṣirrun
  12. أَصَابَتۡit struckaṣābat
  13. حَرۡثَ(the) harvestḥartha
  14. قَوۡمٖ(of) a peopleqawmin
  15. ظَلَمُوٓاْwho wrongedẓalamū
  16. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  17. فَأَهۡلَكَتۡهُۚthen destroyed itfa-ahlakathu
  18. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  19. ظَلَمَهُمُ(has) wronged themẓalamahumu
  20. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  21. وَلَٰكِنۡ[and] butwalākin
  22. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  23. يَظۡلِمُونَthey wrongedyaẓlimūna

Tafsir

The example of what disbelievers spend in charity, and what they expect to receive of rewards, is like a wind which is extremely cold that hits the crops of a people who wronged themselves by not doing as they were instructed, ruining their crops when they had expected to have a good harvest. Disbelief also ruins the rewards of good deeds. Allah does not wrong them for He is far above any injustice, rather, they wrong themselves through their disbelief in Allah and His prophets.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran