Allah disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as highest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but those who reject Faith say: "What means Allah by this similitude?" By it He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path),-

Of camels a pair, and oxen a pair; say, hath He forbidden the two males, or the two females, or (the young) which the wombs of the two females enclose? - Were ye present when Allah ordered you such a thing? But who doth more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead astray men without knowledge? For Allah guideth not people who do wrong.

They say: "Allah hath begotten a son!" - Glory be to Him! He is self-sufficient! His are all things in the heavens and on earth! No warrant have ye for this! say ye about Allah what ye know not?

Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in grief, if they believe not in this Message.

The chiefs of the Unbelievers among his people said: "He is no more than a man like yourselves: his wish is to assert his superiority over you: if Allah had wished (to send messengers), He could have sent down angels; never did we hear such a thing (as he says), among our ancestors of old."

And why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!"

When Moses came to them with Our clear signs, they said: "This is nothing but sorcery faked up: never did we head the like among our fathers of old!"

The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the wrong-doers will be made to stand before their Lord, throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, we should certainly have been believers!"

"We never heard (the like) of this among the people of these latter days: this is nothing but a made-up tale!"

Is it that their faculties of understanding urge them to this, or are they but a people transgressing beyond bounds?

And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

I do call to witness this City;-

And thou art a freeman of this City;-

真主的确不嫌以蚊子或更小的事物设任何譬喻；信道者，都知道那是从他们的主降示的真理；不信道者，却说：“真主设这个譬喻的宗旨是甚麽？”他以譬喻使许多人入迷途，也以譬喻使许多人上正路；但除悖逆者外，他不以譬喻使人入迷途。

两只骆驼和两只黄牛。你说：“真主只以两只公的为禁物呢？还是只以两只母的为禁物呢？还是只以两只母的所孕育的为禁物呢？难道真主以此嘱咐你们的时候，你们会作见证吗？假借真主的名义而造谣，以致无知地使人迷误的人，有谁比他还不义呢？真主必定不引导不义的民众。”

他们说：“真主以人为子。”光荣归于真主！他是无求的。天地万物都是他的。你们对此事并无明证，难道你们可以假借真主的名义而妄说出自己所不知道的事情吗？

如果他们不信这训辞，在他们背离之后，你或许为悲伤而自杀。

他的宗族中不信道的头目们说：“这个人只是象你们一样的一个凡人，他想获得你们的尊重。假若真主要派使者，必定降下许多天神。我们没有听到在我们的祖先的时代发生过这样的事。

当你们听见谎言的时候，你们为何不说：我们不该说这种话，赞颂真主， 超绝万物！这是重大的诬蔑。

当穆萨已带着我的许多明显的迹象来到他们面前的时候，他们说：“这个只是捏造的魔术，我们没有听见在我们的祖先（的时代）有这件东西。”

不信道的人们说：“我们决不信这《古兰经》，也不信以前的经典。”假若你得见不义的人们被拘留在他们的主那里的时候，他们互相辩驳，被欺负的人们将对骄傲的人们说：“假若没有你们，我们必定是信道的。”

在最后的宗教中，我们没有听见这种话，这种话只是伪造的。

难道他们的理智命令他们说这句话吗？不然，他们是放荡的民众。

我只将管理火狱的成天神，我只以他们的数目，考验不信道的人们，以便曾受天经的人们认清，而信道的人们更加笃信；以免曾受天经的人们和信道的人们怀疑；以便心中有病者和不信道者说：“真主设这个譬喻做什么？”真主这样使他所意欲的人误入迷途，使他所意欲的人遵循正路。只有你的主，能知道他的军队，这只是人类的教训。

我以这个地方盟誓--

你将在那里，不受羁束--