An-Noor
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ 39
Hii mifano miwili ambayo Mwenyezi Mungu aliipiga kwa ajili ya matendo ya makafiri katika kubatilika kwake na kuondoka bure na kupata hasara kwa mwenye kufanya miongoni mwao. Na akasema:
{39} ''Na wale waliomkufuru:'' Mola wao Mlezi na kuwakadhibisha Mitume wake, ''vitendo vyao ni kama sarabi (mazigazi) uwandani.'' Yaani, mahali ambapo hakuna mti wala mmea wowote, ''Mwenye kiu huyadhania ni maji:'' kiu kikali sana, ambaye anawaza kile ambacho hakuna mtu mwingine anayefikiria. Kwa sababu ya kiu chake, na hii ni dhana ya uongo, basi alikusudia ili kukiondoa kiu chake. ''Hata akiyaendea hapati chochote,'' akajuta sana, na kiu chake kikaongezeka kwa sababu, kusitishwa kwa tumaini lake. Kadhalika matendo ya makafiri ni kama sarabi huonekana na kufikiriwa na mjinga asiyejua mambo kuwa ni matendo yenye manufaa, basi hudanganyika na sura zao, na kutekwa na mawazo yao, na pia hufikiri kwamba ni matendo yenye manufaa kwa matamanio yake, na yeye pia anayahitaji, na hata kulazimishwa kuyafanya. Kama vile mtu mwenye kiu anavyohitaji maji, hata anapofanya vitendo vyake Siku ya Malipo. Akaiona imepotea, lakini hakupata chochote katika hayo, na hali ikawa hakwenda, si yeye wala kwake. ''Na atamkuta Mwenyezi Mungu hapo naye amlipe hisabu yake sawa sawa;'' inchi au tone la kazi yake lilifichwa kwake, na hangekosa kidogo au nyingi. ''Na Mwenyezi Mungu ni Mwepesi wa kuhisabu.'' Watu wajinga wasicheleweshe ahadi hii; kwani ni lazima ije, na Mwenyezi Mungu akaiwakilisha kwa sarabi ambayo ni ''uwandani.'' Yaani, hamna miti wala mimea ndani yake, na huu ni mfano wa nyoyo zao; hamna kheri wala uadilifu ndani yake, basi amali si safi ndani yake, na hiyo inatokana na sababu ya kuzuia ambayo ni kufuru.