وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلًا Qur’an Al-Kahf (18:54)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
Cf. note [104] on {17: 89}, explaining my translation of mathal, in this context, as "lesson".
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.