The Thunder
13. Ar-Raʿd
الرعد
al-Ra‘d (Thunder)
ٱلرَّعْد
13:17
ʾanzala mina s-samāʾi māʾan fa-sālat ʾawdiyatun bi-qadarihā fa-ḥtamala s-saylu zabadan rābiyan wa-mimmā yūqidūna ʿalayhi fī n-nāri btighāʾa ḥilyatin ʾaw matāʿin zabadun mithluhū ka-dhālika yaḍribu llāhu l-ḥaqqa wa-l-bāṭila fa-ʾammā z-zabadu fa-yadhhabu jufāʾan wa-ʾammā mā yanfaʿu n-nāsa fa-yamkuthu fī l-ʾarḍi ka-dhālika yaḍribu llāhu l-ʾamthāla
He sends down water from the sky whereat the valleys are flooded to [the extent of] their capacity, and the flood carries along a swelling scum. And from what they smelt in the fire for the purpose of [making] ornaments or wares, [there arises] a similar scum. That is how Allah compares truth and falsehood. As for the scum, it leaves as dross, and that which profits the people stays in the earth. That is how Allah draws comparisons.