إِنَّمَا
مَثَلُ
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
كَمَآءٍ
أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ
مِنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
فَٱخۡتَلَطَ
بِهِۦ
نَبَاتُ
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
مِمَّا
يَأۡكُلُ
ٱلنَّاسُ
وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَآ
أَخَذَتِ
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
زُخۡرُفَهَا
وَٱزَّيَّنَتۡ
وَظَنَّ
أَهۡلُهَآ
أَنَّهُمۡ
قَٰدِرُونَ
عَلَيۡهَآ
أَتَىٰهَآ
أَمۡرُنَا
لَيۡلًا
أَوۡ
نَهَارٗا
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا
حَصِيدٗا
كَأَن
لَّمۡ
تَغۡنَ
بِٱلۡأَمۡسِۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
نُفَصِّلُ
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
لِقَوۡمٖ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
٢٤
The similitude of the life of the world is only as water which We send down from the sky, then the earth's growth of that which men and cattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters of her, Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as reaped corn as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound the revelations for people who reflect.
— M. Pickthall
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,1 as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
— Saheeh International
The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Parable of this Life
Allah the Almighty has set an example of the similitude of the life of this world, its glitter and the swiftness of its passage, likening it to the plant and vegetation that Allah brings out from the earth. This plant grows from the water that comes down from the sky. These p
…The Parable of this Life
Allah the Almighty has set an example of the similitude of the life of this world, its glitter and the swiftness of its passag
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