Quran 7:177 — Al-A'raaf, verse 177
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How foul is the image of those who reject Our signs! It is themselves they wrong:
سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنْفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ
sāa mathalan l-qawmu alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wa-anfusahum kānū yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- An evil likeness is the likeness of the people who cried lies to Our signs, and themselves were wronging.
- Muhammad Asad
- Evil is the example of people who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages: for it is against their own selves that they are sinning!
- Sahih International
- How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سَآءَsāa | Evil | سوأ |
| 2 | مَثَلًاmathalan | (as) an example | مثل |
| 3 | ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmu | (are) the people | قوم |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | denied | كذب |
| 6 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 7 | وَأَنفُسَهُمْwa-anfusahum | and themselves | نفس |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 9 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | wrong | ظلم |