وَلَقَد ضَرَبنا لِلنّاسِ في هـٰذَا القُرآنِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَذَكَّرونَ

In this Quran, We present various parables for people to ponder.

قُرآنًا عَرَبِيًّا غَيرَ ذي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُم يَتَّقونَ

A Quran in Arabic, without any discrepancy, so they may become cautious.

ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا رَجُلًا فيهِ شُرَكاءُ مُتَشاكِسونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِرَجُلٍ هَل يَستَوِيانِ مَثَلًا ۚ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ ۚ بَل أَكثَرُهُم لا يَعلَمونَ

God presents an example of a man having quarreling partners and another man entirely belonging to one man. Can they be considered equal? Praise be to God! Yet, most of them don’t understand.

إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُم مَيِّتونَ

You will surely die, and they, too, will die.

ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ عِندَ رَبِّكُم تَختَصِمونَ

Then, on Resurrection Day, you will dispute in the presence of your Lord.

وَالَّذي جاءَ بِالصِّدقِ وَصَدَّقَ بِهِ ۙ أُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ المُتَّقونَ

Yet, those who brought the truth and believed in it—these are the righteous ones.

لَهُم ما يَشاءونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم ۚ ذٰلِكَ جَزاءُ المُحسِنينَ

They will have all that they desire with their Lord. That’s the reward of the good-doers.

لِيُكَفِّرَ اللَّهُ عَنهُم أَسوَأَ الَّذي عَمِلوا وَيَجزِيَهُم أَجرَهُم بِأَحسَنِ الَّذي كانوا يَعمَلونَ

God will absolve them of their worst deeds, and He will reward them according to their best deeds.

أَلَيسَ اللَّهُ بِكافٍ عَبدَهُ ۖ وَيُخَوِّفونَكَ بِالَّذينَ مِن دونِهِ ۚ وَمَن يُضلِلِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِن هادٍ

Isn’t God sufficient for His servant? They threaten you with those other than Him. Whomever God allows to stray has no guide.

وَمَن يَهدِ اللَّهُ فَما لَهُ مِن مُضِلٍّ ۗ أَلَيسَ اللَّهُ بِعَزيزٍ ذِي انتِقامٍ

And whomever God guides—there is none to lead him astray. Isn’t God the Almighty, the Avenger?