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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — 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 ﴿117﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The likeness of what they spend in this world is the likeness of a wind which is extremely cold; it struck the harvest of a people who did wrong against themselves and destroyed it, (i.e. the good deed of a person is only accepted if he is a monotheist and believes in all the Prophets of Allâh, including the Christ عليه السلام and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم). Allâh wronged them not, but they wronged themselves.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَثَلُ
mathalu
Example
مَا
mā
(of) what
يُنفِقُونَ
yunfiqūna
they spend
فِى
fī
in
هَـٰذِهِ
hādhihi
this
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
[the] life
ٱلدُّنْيَا
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
رِيحٍۢ
rīḥin
(of) a wind
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
صِرٌّ
ṣirrun
(is) frost
أَصَابَتْ
aṣābat
it struck
حَرْثَ
ḥartha
(the) harvest
قَوْمٍۢ
qawmin
(of) a people
ظَلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
who wronged
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ ۚ
fa-ahlakathu
then destroyed it
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ظَلَمَهُمُ
ẓalamahumu
(has) wronged them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَلَـٰكِنْ
walākin
[and] but
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
they wronged
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
117. 1. On the Day of Resurrection, neither the wealth of the disbelievers will benefit them nor their children, even whatever they spend on charitable and seemingly good deeds will be rendered useless, and their example is like that of a severe frost which burns a lush green crop to ashes. The wrongdoers are pleased upon seeing this crop and have hopes of benefit from it, but suddenly their hopes are reduced to dust. From this, it is understood that as long as there is no faith, no matter how much fame those who spend money on charitable works gain in this world, they will receive no reward for it in the Hereafter; rather, for them there is the eternal punishment of Hell.
