Quran 10:24 — Yunus, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The life of this world is like this: rain that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which humans and animals eat. But when the earth has taken on its finest appearance, and adorns itself, and its people think they have power over it, then the fate We commanded comes to it, by night or by day, and We reduce it to stubble, as if it had not flourished just the day before. This is the way We explain the revelations for those who reflect.
إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنْزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَالْأَنْعَامُ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَخَذَتِ الْأَرْضُ زُخْرُفَهَا وَازَّيَّنَتْ وَظَنَّ أَهْلُهَا أَنَّهُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَتَاهَا أَمْرُنَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا فَجَعَلْنَاهَا حَصِيدًا كَأَنْ لَمْ تَغْنَ بِالْأَمْسِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
innamā mathalu l-ḥayati l-dun'yā kamāin anzalnāhu mina l-samāi fa-ikh'talaṭa bihi nabātu l-arḍi mimmā yakulu l-nāsu wal-anʿāmu ḥattā idhā akhadhati l-arḍu zukh'rufahā wa-izzayyanat waẓanna ahluhā annahum qādirūna ʿalayhā atāhā amrunā laylan aw nahāran fajaʿalnāhā ḥaṣīdan ka-an lam taghna bil-amsi kadhālika nufaṣṣilu l-āyāti liqawmin yatafakkarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The likeness of this present life is as water that We send down out of heaven, and the plants of the earth mingle with it whereof men and cattle eat, till, when the earth has taken on its glitter and has decked itself fair, and its inhabitants think they have power over it, Our command comes upon it by night or day, and We make it stubble, as though yesterday it flourished not. Even so We distinguish the signs for a people who reflect.
- Muhammad Asad
- The parable of the life of this world is but that of rain which We send down from the sky, and which is absorbed by the plants of the earth whereof men and animals draw nourishment, until -when the earth has assumed its artful adornment and has been embellished, and they who dwell on it believe that they have gained mastery over it -there comes down upon it Our judgment, by night or by day, and We cause it to become [like] a field mown down, as if there had been no yesterday. Thus clearly do We spell out these messages unto people who think!
- Sahih International
- The example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the sky that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | مَثَلُmathalu | (the) example | مثل |
| 3 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | (of) the life | حيي |
| 4 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 5 | كَمَآءٍkamāin | (is) like (the) water | موه |
| 6 | أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhu | which We sent down | نزل |
| 7 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 8 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 9 | فَٱخْتَلَطَfa-ikh'talaṭa | so absorbs | خلط |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | [with] it | — |
| 11 | نَبَاتُnabātu | (the) plants | نبت |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (of) the earth | أرض |
| 13 | مِمَّاmimmā | from which | — |
| 14 | يَأْكُلُyakulu | eat | أكل |
| 15 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the men | نوس |
| 16 | وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمُwal-anʿāmu | and the cattle | نعم |
| 17 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 18 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 19 | أَخَذَتِakhadhati | takes | أخذ |
| 20 | ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu | the earth | أرض |
| 21 | زُخْرُفَهَاzukh'rufahā | its adornment | زخرف |
| 22 | وَٱزَّيَّنَتْwa-izzayyanat | and is beautified | زين |
| 23 | وَظَنَّwaẓanna | and think | ظنن |
| 24 | أَهْلُهَآahluhā | its people | أهل |
| 25 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | that they | — |
| 26 | قَـٰدِرُونَqādirūna | have the power | قدر |
| 27 | عَلَيْهَآʿalayhā | over it | — |
| 28 | أَتَىٰهَآatāhā | comes (to) it | أتي |
| 29 | أَمْرُنَاamrunā | Our command | أمر |
| 30 | لَيْلًاlaylan | (by) night | ليل |
| 31 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 32 | نَهَارًۭاnahāran | (by) day | نهر |
| 33 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاfajaʿalnāhā | and We make it | جعل |
| 34 | حَصِيدًۭاḥaṣīdan | a harvest clean-mown | حصد |
| 35 | كَأَنka-an | as if | — |
| 36 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 37 | تَغْنَtaghna | it had flourished | غني |
| 38 | بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۚbil-amsi | yesterday | — |
| 39 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 40 | نُفَصِّلُnufaṣṣilu | We explain | فصل |
| 41 | ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyāti | the Signs | أيي |
| 42 | لِقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 43 | يَتَفَكَّرُونَyatafakkarūna | who reflect | فكر |