إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمُ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَآ أَنَّهُمْ قَٰدِرُونَ عَلَيْهَآ أَتَىٰهَآ أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًۭا فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا حَصِيدًۭا كَأَن لَّمْ تَغْنَ بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ لِقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
How to read it
'Innamā mathalu l-ḥayāti ddun'yā kamā'in 'anzalnāhu mina ssamā'i fa-kh'talaṭa bihī nabātu l-'ar'ḍi mimmā ya''kulu nnāssu wal-'an'ʻāmu ḥattā 'idhā 'akhadhati l-'ar'ḍu zukh'rufahā wa-zzayyanat' waẓanna 'ah'luhā 'annahum' qādirūna ʻalay'hā 'atāhā 'am'runā lay'lan 'aw' nahāran fajaʻalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka'an llam' tagh'na bil-'am'si . kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-'āyāti liqaw'min yatafakkarūna
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.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
