وَضَرَبَ اللهُ مَثَلا قَرْیَةً کَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً یَأْتِیهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَداً مِنْ کُلِّ مَکَان فَکَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا کَانُوا یَصْنَعُونَ(( 112 ))
112- AND ALLAH HAS STRUCK A PARABLE; THAT OF A TOWN WHICH WAS SECURE AND SURE, ITS SUSTENANCE COMING TO IT ABUNDANTLY FROM EVERY PLACE. THEN IT BECAME UNGRATEFUL TO THE BOUNTIES OF ALLAH. THEN ALLAH WORE IT THE CLOTHING OF HUNGER AND FEAR, FOR WHAT THEY WROUGHT.
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَکَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ(( 113 ))
113- AND THERE CAME TO THEM A MESSENGER FROM THEMSELVES, BUT THEY BELIED HIM. THEN THE AGONY (TORMENT) SEIZED THEM WHILE THEY WERE OPPRESSORS.
فَکُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَکُمْ اللهُ حَلاَلا طَیِّباً وَاشْکُرُوا نَعْمَتَ اللهِ إِنْ کُنْتُمْ إِیَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ(( 114 ))
114- THEREFORE, EAT OF THE SUSTENANCE THAT ALLAH HAS PROVIDED FOR YOU, LAWFUL AND CLEAN, AND BE THANKFUL FOR ALLAH'S BOUNTY IF YOU ARE TO WORSHIP HIM.