Set forth to them the parable of two men: for one of them We provided two gardens of grape-vines and surrounded them with date palms; in between the two We placed corn-fields.
Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.
Set forth to them, by way of a parable, the (story of) the Companions of the City. Behold!, there came messengers to it.
你以两个人的情况为他们打一个比喻。我为其中的一个人创造了两个葡萄园,而围以椰枣林,并且以两园之间的地方为耕地。
你为他们打一个比方:今世的生活,犹如我从云中降下雨水,植物得雨,就蓬勃生长,既而零落,随风飘散。真主对于万事是全能的。
你当以城市的居民为他们设一个譬喻。当时,使者们来临那些居民。