thus indeed have we given in this quran many facets to every kind of lesson for mankind. however man is above all else always given to contention for what is there to keep people from attaining to faith now that guidance has come unto them and from asking their sustainer to forgive them their sins unless it be that the fate of the people of ancient times should befall them or that the suffering should befall them in the hereafter?
ولقد صرفنا في هذا القرآن للناس من كل مثل وكان الإنسان أكثر شيء جدلا وما منع الناس أن يؤمنوا إذ جاءهم الهدى ويستغفروا ربهم إلا أن تأتيهم سنة الأولين أو يأتيهم العذاب قبلا