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.
本当に，現世の生活を例えれば，天からわれが降らせる水（雨）のようなものである。それで上を潤し，人間や家畜の食べ物を茂らせる。大地が美麗な装いで覆われて飾られると，そこの（住）民は，その全権を持ったと思い込む。だがわが命令が，夜も昼も一度下れば，昨日は緊茂していたはずのものが刈き取られた株のように変り果てる。われはこのように，熟慮する人びとのために（われの）印を解明する。