Jonah
10. Yūnus
يونس

Yūnus (Jonah)

يُونُس

10:24
10:24

ʾinnamā mathalu l-ḥayāti d-dunyā ka-māʾin ʾanzalnāhu mina s-samāʾi fa-khtalaṭa bihī nabātu l-ʾarḍi mimmā yaʾkulu n-nāsu wa-l-ʾanʿāmu ḥattā ʾidhā ʾakhadhati l-ʾarḍu zukhrufahā wa-zzayyanat wa-ẓanna ʾahluhā ʾannahum qādirūna ʿalayhā ʾatāhā ʾamrunā laylan ʾaw nahāran fa-jaʿalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka-ʾan lam taghna bi-l-ʾamsi ka-dhālika nufaṣṣilu l-ʾāyāti li-qawmin yatafakkarūna

The parable of the life of this world is that of water which We send down from the sky. It mingles with the earth’s vegetation from which humans and cattle eat. When the earth puts on its luster and is adorned, and its inhabitants think they have power over it, Our edict comes to it, by night or day, whereat We turn it into a mown field, as if it did not flourish the day before. Thus do We elaborate the signs for a people who reflect.

Ali Quli Qarai