And Allah propoundeth a similitude: a town which was secure and at rest, to which came the provision thereof plenteously from every place; then it ungratefully denied the favours of Allah; wherefore Allah made it taste the extreme of hunger and fear because of that which they were wont to perform.
و خدا شهرى را مَثَل زده است كه امن و امان بود [و] روزيش از هر سو فراوان مى‌رسيد، پس [ساكنانش‌] نعمتهاى خدا را ناسپاسى كردند، و خدا هم به سزاى آنچه انجام مى‌دادند، طعم گرسنگى و هراس را به [مردم‌] آن چشانيد.