18:45 waDrib lahum mathalal Hayaatid dunyaa kamaain anzalnaahu minas samaai fakhtalaTa bihii nabaatul arDi fa aSbaHa hashiyman tadhruuhur riyaaH* wa kaanal-laahu 'Alaa kul-li shay'im muqtadiraa

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
And relate to them the example of the life of this world - like water which We sent down from the sky, therefore vegetation of the earth grew forth in abundance with it to become dry hay which the winds scatter; and Allah is the Controller of all things.

Yusuf Ali:
Set forth to them the similitude of the life of this world: It is like the rain which we send down from the skies: the earth's vegetation absorbs it, but soon it becomes dry stubble, which the winds do scatter: it is (only) Allah who prevails over all things.

Pickthal:
And coin for them the similitude of the life of the world as water which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingleth with it and then becometh dry twigs that the winds scatter. Allah is able to do all things.