Az-Zumar, verse 27
وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ
In this Quran, We have put forward all kinds of illustration for people, so that they may take heed-
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Parable of Shirk وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَذَا الْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ (And indeed We have put forth for men, in this Qur'an every kind of parable) means, 'We have explained things to mankind in the Qur'an by setting forth examples and parables.' لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ (in order that they may remember.) Because parables bring the meaning closer to people's minds. As Allah says: ضَرَبَ لَكُمْ مَّثَلاً مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ (He sets forth for you a parable from yourselves) (30:28). Meaning, 'so that you may learn it from yourselves.' And Allah says: وَتِلْكَ الاٌّمْثَالُ…
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- Verse 25 كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ Others before them also disbelieved, and the punishment fell on them unawares:
- Verse 26 فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ God gave them the punishment of disgrace in this world to taste; the punishment will be even harder in the Hereafter, if only they knew.
- Verse 27
- Verse 28 قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِى عِوَجٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ an Arabic Quran, free from any distortion- so that people may be mindful.
- Verse 29 ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَـٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ God puts forward this illustration: can a man who has for his masters several partners at odds with each other be considered equal to a man devoted wholly to one master? All praise belongs to God, though most of them do not know.