The likeness of this world's life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect.
در حقيقت، مَثَل زندگى دنيا بسان آبى است كه آن را از آسمان فرو ريختيم، پس گياه زمين -از آنچه مردم و دامها مى‌خورند- با آن درآميخت، تا آنگاه كه زمين پيرايه خود را برگرفت و آراسته گرديد و اهل آن پنداشتند كه آنان بر آن قدرت دارند، شبى يا روزى فرمان [ويرانى‌] ما آمد و آن را چنان دِرَويده كرديم كه گويى ديروز وجود نداشته است. اين گونه نشانه‌ها[ى خود] را براى مردمى كه انديشه مى‌كنند به روشنى بيان مى‌كنيم.