سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمۡ كَانُواْ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١٧٧
How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- سَآءَEvilsāa
- مَثَلًا(as) an examplemathalan
- ٱلۡقَوۡمُ(are) the peoplel-qawmu
- ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
- كَذَّبُواْdeniedkadhabū
- بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاOur Signsbiāyātinā
- وَأَنفُسَهُمۡand themselveswa-anfusahum
- كَانُواْthey used tokānū
- يَظۡلِمُونَwrongyaẓlimūna
Tafsir
Is there anything worse than a people who reject Allah’s signs and proofs, not believing them, wronging themselves through doing so and only gaining their own ruin.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran