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.
از آسمان آبى فرو فرستاد، پس دره‌ها و مسيل‌ها به وسعت خود جارى شدند، و سيلاب، كف بالا آمده‌اى برداشت، و از آنچه [از فلزات‌] بر آتش ذوب مى‌كنند تا زيور و كالايى سازند نيز مانند آن كفى است. خداوند حق و باطل را چنين مثل مى‌زند. اما كف به كنار مى‌رود، ول