سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ
Saa mathalan alqawmu allatheena kaththaboo bi-ayatina waanfusahum kanoo yathlimoona
Evil (as) an example (are) the people those who denied Our Signs and themselves they used to wrong.
Evil is the example of people who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages: for it is against their own selves that they are sinning!
Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.
Evil as an example are the folk who denied Our revelations, and were wont to wrong themselves.
Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our messages and wrong their own souls.
How evil an example [is that of] the people who denied Our signs and used to wrong themselves.