إِنَّمَا
مَثَلُ
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
ٱلدُّنْيَا
كَمَآءٍ
أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ
مِنَ
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
فَٱخْتَلَطَ
بِهِۦ
نَبَاتُ
ٱلْأَرْضِ
مِمَّا
يَأْكُلُ
ٱلنَّاسُ
وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَآ
أَخَذَتِ
ٱلْأَرْضُ
زُخْرُفَهَا
وَٱزَّيَّنَتْ
وَظَنَّ
أَهْلُهَآ
أَنَّهُمْ
قَـٰدِرُونَ
عَلَيْهَآ
أَتَىٰهَآ
أَمْرُنَا
لَيْلًا
أَوْ
نَهَارًۭا
فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَا
حَصِيدًۭا
كَأَن
لَّمْ
تَغْنَ
بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
نُفَصِّلُ
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ
لِقَوْمٍۢ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
٢٤
The life of this world is like this: rain that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which humans and animals eat. But when the earth has taken on its finest appearance, and adorns itself, and its people think they have power over it, then the fate We commanded comes to it, by night or by day, and We reduce it to stubble, as if it had not flourished just the day before. This is the way We explain the revelations for those who reflect.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem