Al-A’ráf 7:177 ساء مثلا القوم الذين كذبوا باياتنا وانفسهم كانوا يظلمون ١٧٧
سَآءَ
مَثَلًا
ٱلۡقَوۡمُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُواْ
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا
وَأَنفُسَهُمۡ
كَانُواْ
يَظۡلِمُونَ
١٧٧
What an evil example of those who denied Our signs! They ˹only˺ wronged their own souls.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura
`Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah's statement,
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَهُ ءَايَتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا
(And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat, but he threw them away) "Is about Bal`am bin Ba`ura' a man fro
…Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura
`Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah's statement,
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَهُ ءَايَ
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