Surah Al-A'raf 7:177 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 177 / 206 · Page 173

سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ

Word by Word

سَاءَ
saa
Evil
مَثَلًا
mathalan
(as) an example
الْقَوْمُ
al-qawmu
(are) the people
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَذَّبُوا
kadhabu
denied
بِآيَاتِنَا
biayatina
Our Signs
وَأَنفُسَهُمْ
wa-anfusahum
and themselves
كَانُوا
kanu
they used to
يَظْلِمُونَ
yazlimuna
wrong

Transliteration

Saaa'a masalanil qawmul lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wa anfusahum kaanoo yazlimoon

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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