Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 117
مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
The example of what they spend in this worldly life is like that of a wind containing frost which strikes the harvest of a people who have wronged themselves [i.e., sinned] and destroys it. And Allāh has not wronged them, but they wrong themselves.
Ali 'Imran · 3:117
Word by word
- مَثَلُmathaluExample
- مَاmā(of) what
- يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend
- فِىfīin
- هَـٰذِهِhādhihithis
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati[the] life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
- رِيحٍۢrīḥin(of) a wind
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- صِرٌّṣirrun(is) frost
- أَصَابَتْaṣābatit struck
- حَرْثَḥartha(the) harvest
- قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
- ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚfa-ahlakathuthen destroyed it
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumu(has) wronged them
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- وَلَـٰكِنْwalākin[and] but
- أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
- يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnathey wronged
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