16.71 - And Allah has favoured some of you over others in provision. And those who are favoured would not give away their provision to those whom their oaths possess so that they are therein equal. So is it the favour of Allah that they deny? 16.72 - And Allah has made for you from yourselves partners and given you from your partners sons and grandchildren and provided you of the good things. So is it in falsehood do they believe and in the favours of Allah they disbelieve? 16.73 - And they worship other than Allah that which does not possess for them any provision from the heavens and the earth, and they could never have. 16.74 - So do not strike parables to Allah; indeed, Allah knows and you do not know. 16.75 - Allah strikes a parable, a slave (who is) owned and unable to do anything, and one whom We have provided from Us a good provision so he spends from it secretly and publicly, are they equal? Praise be to Allah; rather most of them do not know. 16.76 - And Allah strikes a parable of two men, one of them is mute and unable to do anything while he is a burden upon his guardian. Wherever he (the guardian) directs him, he (the slave) brings no good. Is he (the slave) equal to the one who commands justice while he is on a straight path? 16.77 - And to Allah belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And the command of the hour is not except a glance of a vision or nearer, Indeed, Allah is over everything Capable. 16.78 - And Allah has extracted you from the bellies of your mothers not knowing a thing, and He made for you hearing and visions and hearts that perhaps you would give thanks. 16.79 - Do they not see the birds subjected in the atmosphere of the sky? None withholds them except Allah. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who believe. 16.80 - And Allah has made for you from your homes a living and made for you from the skins of the cattle homes (tents) which you find light to carry on the day of your travel and on the day of your resting; and from their wool and their fur and their hair furniture and a provision for a time.
