سَاءَ مَثَلًا الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَأَنْفُسَهُمْ كَانُوا يَظْلِمُونَ
Evil is the case of those who deny Our signs and wrong themselves.
How evil an example are the people who deny Our signs and Revelations, and (in so doing) are ever wronging themselves.
Sad is the case of the people who cry lies to Our commandments and it is their own selves that they have wronged.
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!
Vile is the likeness of the people who belie Our signs, and their own souls they are wont to wrong.
What an evil example is of those who denied Our signs and used to wrong only their own souls.
Evil is the likeness of a people who deny Our revelations (or Signs) and wrong their own souls.
It became bad/evil an example/proverb (of) the nation those who lied/denied/falsified with Our verses/evidences, and were causing injustice/oppression (to) themselves.
Very bad is the example of those people who deny Our revelations and wrong their own souls.
And if We had pleased, We would have exalted him thereby; but he clings to the earth and follows his low desire. His parable is as the parable of the dog -- if thou drive him away, he lolls out his tongue, and if thou leave him alone, he lolls out his tongue. Such is the parable of the people who reject Our messages. So relate the narrative that they may reflect.
How terrible is the example of those who have rejected Our revelations and have done injustice only to themselves!
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 communications and are unjust to their own souls.
Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses and signs, etc.), and used to wrong their ownselves.
Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.