Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 117 (3:117)

آلِ عِمْرَان

مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ …

Quran 3:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 65 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:117
مَثَلُمَايُنفِقُونَفِىهَٰذِهِٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَاكَمَثَلِرِيحٍفِيهَاصِرٌّأَصَابَتْحَرْثَقَوْمٍظَلَمُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْفَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚوَمَاظَلَمَهُمُٱللَّهُوَلَٰكِنْأَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ١١٧
mathalu mā yunfiqūna fī hādhihi l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamathali rīḥin fīhā ṣirrun aṣābat ḥartha qawmin ẓalamū anfusahum fa-ahlakathu wamā ẓalamahumu l-lahu walākin anfusahum yaẓlimūna

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.(117)

Word by word

  1. مَثَلُmathaluExample
  2. مَاmā(of) what
  3. يُنفِقُونَyunfiqūnathey spend
  4. فِىfīin
  5. هَٰذِهِhādhihithis
  6. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati[the] life
  7. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  8. كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like (the) example
  9. رِيحٍrīḥin(of) a wind
  10. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  11. صِرٌّṣirrun(is) frost
  12. أَصَابَتْaṣābatit struck
  13. حَرْثَḥartha(the) harvest
  14. قَوْمٍqawmin(of) a people
  15. ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamūwho wronged
  16. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  17. فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚfa-ahlakathuthen destroyed it
  18. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  19. ظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumu(has) wronged them
  20. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  21. وَلَٰكِنْwalākin[and] but
  22. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  23. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnathey wronged

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