How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our (7:177)

﴿سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ﴾
[ الأعراف: 177]

7:177 How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.

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.

Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their ownselves.

phonetic Transliteration

Saa mathalan alqawmu allatheena kaththaboo biayatina waanfusahum kanoo yathlimoona

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

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

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Evil is the parable of the people who rejected Our Ayat, and used to wrong themselves.

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