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سَٓاءَ مَثَلاًۨ الْقَوْمُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَاَنْفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ

Saa mathalan alqawmu allatheenakaththaboo bi-ayatina waanfusahum kanooyathlimoon

How evil is the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. It is themselves that they have badly wronged.

  • Progressive Muslims

    Miserable is the example of the people who denied Our revelations, and it was their souls that they had wronged.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Indeed, pitiable is the example of those who reject Our Verses, since they hurt their own "Self".

  • Sam Gerrans

    Evil as an example are the people who deny Our proofs, and they wrong their souls.

  • The Monotheist Group

    Miserable is the example of the people who denied Our revelations, and it was their souls that they had wronged.

  • Edip-Layth

    Miserable is the example of the people who denied Our signs, and it was themselves that they had wronged.

  • Aisha Bewley

    How evil is the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. It is themselves that they have badly wronged.

  • Rashad Khalifa

    Bad indeed is the example of people who reject our proofs; it is only their own souls that they wrong.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Evil is the case of those who deny Our signs and wrong themselves.

  • Sahih International

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

  • 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!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

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

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    Evil indeed is the similitude of those who denied Our signs and refused to recognize Our revelations and were unreasonable and unjust to themselves.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    How sad is the story of those who chose to disregard My revelations and, consequently, do injustice to their own souls.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Evil is the parable of the people who rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their ownselves.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

  • Mustafa Khattab

    What an evil example of those who denied Our signs! They ˹only˺ wronged their own souls.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Evil is the example of those who have rejected Our signs and have been doing wrong to themselves.

  • Abdul Haleem

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

  • Arthur John Arberry

    An evil likeness is the likeness of the people who cried lies to Our signs, and themselves were wronging.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    Evil is the likeness of a people who say our signs are lies; themselves it is they wrong!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    Evil is the likeness of a people who deny Our revelations (or Signs) and wrong their own souls.

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    An odious likeness (is the likeness) of the people who have cried lies to Our signs, and to themselves they were doing injustice. .

  • George Sale

    Evil is the case of the people who treat Our Signs as lies. And it was their ownselves that they wronged.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Evil is the example of people who reject Our Signs and (they) used to wrong themselves.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    Sad is the case of the people who cry lies to Our commandments and it is their own selves that they have wronged.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    Evil is the parable of the people who deny Our signs and wrong themselves.