the parable of the life of this world is but that of rain which we send down from the sky and which is absorbed by the plants of the earth whereof men and animals draw nourishment until when the earth has assumed its artful adornment and has been embellished and they who dwell on it believe that they have gained mastery over it there comes down upon it our judgment by night or by day and we cause it to become a field mown down as if there had been no yesterday. thus clearly do we spell out these messages unto people who think!
إنما مثل الحياة الدنيا كماء أنزلناه من السماء فاختلط به نبات الأرض مما يأكل الناس والأنعام حتى إذا أخذت الأرض زخرفها وازينت وظن أهلها أنهم قادرون عليها أتاها أمرنا ليلا أو نهارا فجعلناها حصيدا كأن لم تغن بالأمس كذلك نفصل الآيات لقوم يتفكرون