أَنزَلَ
مِنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
مَآءٗ
فَسَالَتۡ
أَوۡدِيَةُۢ
بِقَدَرِهَا
فَٱحۡتَمَلَ
ٱلسَّيۡلُ
زَبَدٗا
رَّابِيٗاۖ
وَمِمَّا
يُوقِدُونَ
عَلَيۡهِ
فِي
ٱلنَّارِ
ٱبۡتِغَآءَ
حِلۡيَةٍ
أَوۡ
مَتَٰعٖ
زَبَدٞ
مِّثۡلُهُۥۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يَضۡرِبُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡحَقَّ
وَٱلۡبَٰطِلَۚ
فَأَمَّا
ٱلزَّبَدُ
فَيَذۡهَبُ
جُفَآءٗۖ
وَأَمَّا
مَا
يَنفَعُ
ٱلنَّاسَ
فَيَمۡكُثُ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يَضۡرِبُ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡأَمۡثَالَ
١٧
Lexo Tefsirin
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Two Parables proving that Truth remains and Falsehood perishes
This honorable Ayah contains two parables which affirm that truth remains and increases, while falsehood diminishes and perishes. Allah said,
أَنزَلَ مِنَ الْسَّمَآءِ مَآءً
(He sends down water from the sky,) He sends rain,
فَسَالَتْ أَوْدِي
…Two Parables proving that Truth remains and Falsehood perishes
This honorable Ayah contains two parables which affirm that truth remains and increases,
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