سَآءَ مَثَلًا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நம்முடைய வசனங்களைப் பொய்யெனக் கூறிய மக்களின் உதாரணம் மிகவும் கெட்டதாகும்; அவர்கள் தமக்குத் தாமே தீங்கிழைத்துக் கொண்டார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අපගේ සාධක බොරු කොට තමන්ට ම ආසාධාරණකම් කරමින් සිටි පිරිස ආදර්ශයෙන් නපුරු විය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- ان لوگوں کی حالت بھی بری حالت ہے جو ہماری آیات کو جھٹلاتے ہیں اور وه اپنا نقصان کرتے ہیں۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 悪いのは（この）例のように，わが印を偽りであるとし，自らの魂を損っている者たちである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 否认我的迹象，而且自欺的民众，其譬喻真恶劣！
Tafsir of 7:177
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 from the Children of Israel." Shu`bah and several other narrators narrated this statement from Mansur who got it from Ibn Mas`ud. Sa`id bin Abi `Arubah narrated that Qatadah said that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is Sayfi, son of Ar-Rahib." Qatadah commented that Ka`b said, "He was a man from Al-Balqla' (a province of Jordan) who knew Allah's Greatest Name. He used to live in Bayt Al-Maqdis with the tyrants." Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "He is Bal`am bin Ba`ura', a man from Yemen whom Allah had given the knowledge of His Ayat, but he abandoned them." Malik bin Dinar said, "He was one of the scholars of the Children of Israel whose supplication was acceptable. They used to seek his lead in suplication in times of difficulty. Allah's Prophet Musa sent him to the King of Madyan to call him to Allah.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
