Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom are (several) partners differing with one another, and there is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike in condition? (All) praise is due to Allah. Nay! most of them do not know.
خدا مثَلى زده است: مردى است كه چند خواجه ناسازگار در [مالكيّت‌] او شركت دارند [و هر يك او را به كارى مى‌گمارند] و مردى است كه تنها فرمانبر يك مرد است. آيا اين دو در مثَل يكسانند؟ سپاس خداى را. [نه،] بلكه بيشترشان نمى‌دانند.