مَثَلُ Example mathalu (of) what mā they spend yunfiqūna in fī this hādhihi [the] life l-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā (is) like (the) example kamathali (of) a wind rīḥin in it fīhā (is) frost ṣirrun it struck aṣābat (the) harvest ḥartha (of) a people qawmin who wronged ẓalamū themselves anfusahum then destroyed it fa-ahlakathu And not wamā (has) wronged them ẓalamahumu Allah l-lahu [and] but walākin themselves anfusahum they wronged 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.