← Surah 7

7:177

سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

Word by word

سَآءَ
Evil
Verb
Root: سوأ
Grammar (i'rab)
سَآءَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
مَثَلًا
(as) an example
Noun
Root: مثل
Grammar (i'rab)
مَثَلًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
ٱلْقَوْمُ
(are) the people
Noun
Root: قوم
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
قَوْمُNoun — masculine، nominative
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِينَNoun — relative، masc. plur.
كَذَّبُوا۟
denied
Verb
Root: كذب
Grammar (i'rab)
كَذَّبُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا
Our Signs
Noun
Root: أيي
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ـَٔايَٰتِNoun — fem. plur.، genitive
نَاNoun — pronoun، suffix، 1st plur.
وَأَنفُسَهُمْ
and themselves
Noun
Root: نفس
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
أَنفُسَNoun — fem. plur.، accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
كَانُوا۟
they used to
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
يَظْلِمُونَ
wrong
Verb
Root: ظلم
Grammar (i'rab)
يَظْلِمُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to wrong themselves.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Ayetlerimizi yalan sayan, kendine zulmeden millet ne kötü bir misaldir!

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Âyetlerimizi inkâr edip, sırf kendilerine zulmeden o kavmin hali ne kadar kötüdür!

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Ayetlerimizi yalanlayanların ve böylece kendilerine yazık etmiş olanların hâli ne kadar da kötüdür!

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

قَبُحَ مثلا مثلُ القوم الذين كذَّبوا بحجج الله وأدلته، فجحدوها، وأنفسهم كانوا يظلمونها؛ بسبب تكذيبهم بهذه الحجج والأدلة.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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