indeed allah is not timid to present an example that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. and those who have believed know that it is the truth from their lord. but as for those who disbelieve they say what did allah intend by this as an example? he misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. and he misleads not except the defiantly disobedient who break the covenant of allah after contracting it and sever that which allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. it is those who are the losers.
إن الله لا يستحيي أن يضرب مثلا ما بعوضة فما فوقها فأما الذين آمنوا فيعلمون أنه الحق من ربهم وأما الذين كفروا فيقولون ماذا أراد الله بهذا مثلا يضل به كثيرا ويهدي به كثيرا وما يضل به إلا الفاسقين الذين ينقضون عهد الله من بعد ميثاقه ويقطعون ما أمر الله به أن يوصل ويفسدون في الأرض أولئك هم الخاسرون