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Surah 18. Al-Kahf, Ayah 54

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وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا
Walaqad s arrafn a fee h atha alqur a ni li l nn a si min kulli mathalin wak a na alins a nu akthara shayin jadal a n
THUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind.60 However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:
  - Mohammad Asad

Cf. note [104] on {17: 89}, explaining my translation of mathal, in this context, as "lesson".

We have given all kinds of examples in this Qur'an to make the people understand this Message, but man is exceedingly contentious.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
We have surely set forth in this Quran every 'kind of' lesson for people, but humankind is the most argumentative of all beings.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all manner of similitudes, but man is more than anything contentious.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
We have explained in detail in this Qur'an for the benefit of mankind every kind of similitude: but man is in most things contentious. 2398
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

If men had not cultivated the habit of contention and obstinacy, they would have found that the parables and similitudes of Scripture had fully met their difficulties, and they would gladly have obeyed the call of Allah.

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