Surah 18:54

"Certainly We have varied (the signs) for the people in this Qur’ān by means of every (kind of) parable, yet the people remain contentious for the most part."

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Verse 54

وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا فِي هَٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٖۚ وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ أَكۡثَرَ شَيۡءٖ جَدَلٗا

Certainly We have varied (the signs) for the people in this Qur’ān by means of every (kind of) parable, yet the people remain contentious for the most part.

Allah says, In this Qur’an, We have explained to mankind and given clear details of matters so that they will not stray from the truth or be misled from the path of guidance. Despite this explanation, man is very quarrelsome and opposes truth with falsehood,’ except for those whom Allah guides to the path of salvation. Imam Ahmad recorded that ‘Ali bin Abi Talib said that the Messenger of Allah came to visit him and Fatimah, the daughter of Allah’s Messenger at night, and said,

4Are you not going to pray?}

I said, "O Messenger of Allah, our souls are in the Hand of Allah. If He wills to wake us, He will wake us.” When I said that, he went away without returning. Then I heard him as he was walking away, slapping his thigh and saying,

4But, man is ever more quarrelsome than anything •K’ 11 '

It was also recorded in the Two Sahihs. m

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