The example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
جز اين نيست كه مَثَل- وصف- زندگى اين جهان مانند آبى است كه از آسمان فروفرستاده‌ايم پس رستنى‌هاى زمين از آنچه مردم و چارپايان مى‌خورند به آن درآميخت [و روييد] تا چون زمين آرايش خود [از شكوفه‌ها و گلها] فراگرفت و آراسته شد و اهل آن پنداشتند كه خود بر آن توانايى [بهره‌مندى‌] دارند، [ناگاه‌] فرمان ما شبى يا روزى دررسيد پس آن را چنان درويده كرديم كه گويى ديروز هيچ نبوده است. اينچنين آيات را براى گروهى كه مى انديشند به تفصيل بيان مى‌كنيم.