Allah puts forward the example (of two men a believer and a disbeliever); a slave (disbeliever) under the possession of another, he has no power of any sort, and (the other), a man (believer) on whom We have bestowed a good provision from Us, and He spends thereof secretly and openly. Can they be equal? (By no means, not). All the praises and thanks be to Allah. Nay! (But) most of them know not.
خدا مَثَلى مى‌زند: بنده‌اى است زرخريد كه هيچ كارى از او برنمى‌آيد. آيا [او] با كسى كه به وى از جانب خود روزى نيكو داده‌ايم، و او از آن در نهان و آشكار انفاق مى‌كند يكسان است؟ سپاس خداى راست. [نه،] بلكه بيشترشان نمى‌دانند.