[10:21]
And when We cause
mankind to taste of mercy after some adversity which had afflicted them,
behold! they have some plot against Our revelations.
Say: Allah is more swift in plotting. Lo! Our
messengers write down that which ye plot.
[10:22]
He it is Who maketh you to go on the land and
the sea till, when ye are in the ships and they sail with them with a fair
breeze and they are glad therein, a storm-wind reacheth them and the wave
cometh unto them from every side and they deem that they are overwhelmed
therein; (then) they cry unto Allah, making their faith pure for Him only: If
Thou deliver us from this, we truly will be of the thankful.
[10:23]
Yet when He hath delivered them, behold! they rebel in the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your
rebellion is only against yourselves. (Ye have) enjoyment of the life of the
world; then unto Us is your return and We shall
proclaim unto you what ye used to do.
[10:24]
The similitude of the life of the world is only
as water which We send down from the sky, then the earth’s growth of that which
men and cattle eat mingleth with it till, when the earth hath taken on her
ornaments and is embellished, and her people deem that they are masters of her,
Our commandment cometh by night or by day and We make it as reaped corn as if
it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do we expound the revelations for people
who reflect.
[10:25]
And Allah summoneth to the abode of peace, and
leadeth whom He will to a straight path.