39.21 . Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as water springs , and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues ; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow ; then He maketh them chaff . Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding .
39. 39.22 . Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for the Surrender ( unto Him ) , so that he followeth a light from His Lord , ( as he who disbelieveth ) ? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah . Such are in plain error .
39. 39.23 . Allah hath ( now ) revealed the fairest of statements , a Scripture consistent , ( wherein promises of reward are ) paired ( with threats of punishment ) , whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord , so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah ' s reminder . Such is Allah ' s guidance , where with He guideth whom He will . And him whom Allah sendeth astray , for him there is no guide .
39. 39.24 . Is he then , who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection ( as he who doeth right ) ? And it will be said unto the wrong doers : Taste what ye used to earn .
39. 39.25 . Those before them denied , and so the doom came on them whence they knew not .
39. 39.26 . Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world , and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know .
39. 39.27 . And verily We have coined for mankind in this Quran all kinds of similitudes , that haply they may reflect ;
39. 39.28 . A Lecture in Arabic , containing no crookedness , that haply they may ward off ( evil ) .
39. 39.29 . Allah coineth a similitude : A man in relation to whom are several part owners , quarrelling , and a man belonging wholly to one man . Are the two equal in similitude? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not .
39. 39.30 . Lo! thou wilt die , and lo! they will die ;
