54وَلَقَد صَرَّفنا في هٰذَا القُرآنِ لِلنّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ ۚ وَكانَ الإِنسانُ أَكثَرَ شَيءٍ جَدَلًاMuhammad AsadTHUS, INDEED, have We given in this Qur'an many facets to every kind of lesson [designed] for [the benefit of] mankind.1 However, man is, above all else, always given to contention:Cf. note 104 on 17:89, explaining my translation of mathal, in this context, as "lesson".