اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَالَتْ اَوْدِیَةٌ بِقَدَرِهَا فَاحْتَمَلَ السَّیْلُ زَبَدًا رَابِیًاؕ وَمِمَّا یُوقِدُونَ عَلَیْهِ فِی النَّارِ ابْتِغَٓاءَ حِلْیَةٍ اَوْ مَتَاعٍ زَبَدٌ مِثْلُهُؕ كَذٰلِكَ یَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْحَقَّ وَالْبَاطِلَؕ فَاَمَّا الزَّبَدُ فَیَذْهَبُ جُفَٓاءًۚ وَاَمَّا مَا یَنْفَعُ النَّاسَ فَیَمْكُثُ فِی الْاَرْضِؕ كَذٰلِكَ یَضْرِبُ اللّٰهُ الْاَمْثَالَؕ
Anzala mina alssamai maan fasalat awdiyatun biqadariha faihtamala alssaylu zabadan rabiyan wamimma yooqidoona AAalayhi fee alnnari ibtighaa hilyatin aw mataAAin zabadun mithluhu kathalika yadribu Allahu alhaqqa waalbatila faamma alzzabadu fayathhabu jufaan waamma ma yanfaAAu alnnasa fayamkuthu fee alardi kathalika yadribu Allahu alamthala
Translations
He sends down from the sky, rain, and valleys flow according to their capacity, and the torrent carries a rising foam. And from that [ore] which they heat in the fire, desiring adornments and utensils, is a foam like it. Thus Allah presents [the example of] truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it vanishes, [being] cast off; but as for that which benefits the people, it remains on the earth. Thus does Allah present examples
Saheeh International
He sendeth down water from the sky, so that valleys flow according to their measure, and the flood beareth (on its surface) swelling foam - from that which they smelt in the fire in order to make ornaments and tools riseth a foam like unto it - thus Allah coineth (the similitude of) the true and the false. Then, as for the foam, it passeth away as scum upon the banks, while, as for that which is of use to mankind, it remaineth in the earth. Thus Allah coineth the similitudes
Marmaduke Pickthall