Then Allah Glorified be He struck an example for the truth and the falsehood by water He sent it down from the sky, so it flowed by it the valleys of the earth according to their smallness and their bigness, so the flood carried a floating scum above it no benefit in it. And He struck another example: it is the minerals they light upon them the fire for its melting seeking for the adornment as in the gold and the silver, or seeking for benefits they benefit by them as in the copper, so there comes out from them their filth from what has no benefit in it like that which was with the water, by the likes of this Allah strikes the example for the truth and the falsehood: for the falsehood is like the scum of the water it vanishes or is thrown since no benefit from it, and the truth is like the pure water, and the pure minerals it remains in the earth for the benefit with it, just as He clarified for you these examples, likewise He strikes them for the people; so that the truth be clear from the falsehood and the guidance from the misguidance.