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Ali 'Imran 3:117

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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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

مَثَلُ ما ينفق الكافرون في وجوه الخير في هذه الحياة الدنيا وما يؤملونه من ثواب، كمثل ريح فيها برد شديد هَبَّتْ على زرع قوم كانوا يرجون خيره، وبسبب ذنوبهم لم تُبْقِ الريح منه شيئًا. وهؤلاء الكافرون لا يجدون في الآخرة ثوابًا، وما ظلمهم الله بذلك، ولكنهم ظلموا أنفسهم بكفرهم وعصيانهم.

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