Examples given in Quran

 مَثَلُ مَا يُنفِقُونَ فِي هِـذِهِ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رِيحٍ فِيهَا صِرٌّ أَصَابَتْ حَرْثَ قَوْمٍ ظَلَمُواْ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَأَهْلَكَتْهُ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللّهُ وَلَـكِنْ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ 3:117

(Fathe Muhammad Jalandari)
يہ جو مال دنيا کي زندگي ميں خرچ کرتے ہيں اس کي مثال ہوا کي سي ہے جس ميں سخت سردي ہو اور وہ ايسے لوگوں کي کھيتي پر جو اپنے آپ پر ظلم کرتے تھے چلے اور اسے تباہ کر دے اور خدا نے ان پر کچھ ظلم نہيں کيا بلکہ يہ خود اپنے اوپر ظلم کر رہے ہيں 3:117

(Muhammad Assad)
 3:117 The parable of what they spend on the life of this world is that of an icy wind which smites the tilth of people who have sinned against themselves, and destroys it: for, it is not God who does them wrong, but it is they who are wronging themselves. 3:117

(Yousaf Ali)
 3:117 What they spend in the life of this (material) world May be likened to a wind which brings a nipping frost: It strikes and destroys the harvest of men who have wronged their own souls: it is not Allah that hath wronged them, but they wrong themselves.3:117