የቅርቢቱ ሕይወት ምሳሌ ከሰማይ እንዳወረድነው ውሃ ፣ በእርሱም ሰውና እንስሳዎች ከሚበሉት የምድር በቃይ ተቀላቅሎበት ( እንደ ፋፋ ) ምድርም ውበትዋን በያዘችና ባጌጠች ጊዜ ባለቤቶችዋም በርሷ ላይ እነርሱ ቻዮች መኾናቸውን ባሰቡ ጊዜ ትእዛዛችን ሌሊት ወይም ቀን መጥቶባት ትላንት እንዳልነበረች የታጨደች እንዳደረግናት ብጤ ነው ፡ ፡ እንደዚሁም ለሚያስተነትኑ ሕዝቦች አንቀጾችን እናብራራለን ፡ ፡
The likeness of the present life is this : water that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth , from which the people and the animals eat . Until , when the earth puts on its fine appearance , and is beautified , and its inhabitants think that they have mastered it , Our command descends upon it by night or by day , and We turn it into stubble , as if it had not flourished the day before .