The benefit of using parables in the Qur'an.

Among the benefits of this noble verse is that Allah the Exalted uses parables, because parables are tangible matters by which one infers abstract matters. Look at His saying, the Exalted: Does this house prevent it or hold it back from the calamities of time? No, And He, the Exalted, said: A man who stretches his hands toward the water, whether a pool or a river, stretching his hands like this toward the water, trying to reach the water to his mouth; this is not possible. Those who extend their hands to idols are like the one who extends his hands to the river to reach his mouth. So parables, without doubt, bring meanings closer to the human being, either to understand the meaning, or for its wisdom and to clarify the aspect of this parable.