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,
خداى را از اينكه به پشه‌اى -يا فروتر [يا فراتر] از آن- مَثَل زند، شرم نيايد. پس كسانى كه ايمان آورده‌اند مى‌دانند كه آن [مَثَل‌] از جانب پروردگارشان بجاست؛ ولى كسانى كه به كفر گراييده‌اند مى‌گويند: «خدا از اين مَثَل چه قصد داشته است؟» [خدا] بسيارى را با آن گمراه، و بسيارى را با آن راهنمايى مى‌كند؛ و[لى‌] جز نافرمانان را با آن گمراه نمى‌كند.