God has struck a similitude: a city that was secure, at rest, its provision coming to it easefully from every place, then it was unthankful for the blessings of God; so God let it taste the garment of hunger and of fear, for the things that they were working.
و خداوند شهرى را مَثَل مى‌زند كه امن و آرام بود، روزى آن به فراوانى از هر جاى مى‌رسيد، اما [مردم آن‌] نعمتهاى خداى را ناسپاسى كردند، پس خداوند به سزاى آن كارها كه مى‌كردند جامه گرسنگى و ترس به آنها چشانيد.