The mirage

The works of the disbelievers are like a mirage in a lowland: the thirsty think it water until, coming to it, they find nothing — and find God there paying their account in full.

Museum record The created world

In the Qur'an · 2

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are as a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one supposeth it to be water till he cometh unto it and findeth it naught, and findeth, in the place thereof, Allah Who payeth him his due; and Allah is swift at reckoning.

    Qur'an 24:39

  2. وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    And the hills are set in motion and become as a mirage.

    Qur'an 78:20