Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 177 (7:177)

ٱلْأَعْرَاف

سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

Quran 7:177 is ayah 177 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 173 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:177
سَآءَمَثَلًاٱلْقَوْمُٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَاوَأَنفُسَهُمْكَانُوا۟يَظْلِمُونَ١٧٧
sāa mathalan l-qawmu alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā wa-anfusahum kānū yaẓlimūna

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

Word by word

  1. سَآءَsāaEvil
  2. مَثَلًاmathalan(as) an example
  3. ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmu(are) the people
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
  6. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
  7. وَأَنفُسَهُمْwa-anfusahumand themselves
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  9. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnawrong

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