35. And he entered his garden while he was wronging his soul. He said, `I do not think that this will ever perish; 36. `And I do not think the promised Hour will ever come. And even if I am ever brought back to my Lord, I shall, surely, find a better resort than this.' 37. His companion said to him while he was arguing with him, `Dost thou not believe in HIM who created thee first from dust, then fashioned thee into a perfect man ? 38. `But as for me, I believe that ALLAH alone is my Lord, and I will not associate anyone with my Lord; 39. `And why didst thou not say when thou didst enter thy garden, `Only that which ALLAH wills comes to pass. There is no power save in ALLAH,' if thou seest me as less than thyself in riches and offspring; 40. `It may be, my Lord will grant me something better than thy garden, and will send on thy garden a thunderbolt from heaven so that it will become bare slippery ground; 41. `Or its water will dry up so that thou wilt not be able to find it.' 42. And his fruit was totally destroyed, and he began to wring his hands bewailing all that he had spent on it, and it had fallen down on its trellises. And he said, `Would that I had not associated anyone with my Lord ! 43. And he had no party to help him against ALLAH, nor was he able to defend himself. 44. In such a case protection comes only from ALLAH, the True. He is Best in rewarding and Best in respect of the final outcome. 45. And set forth for them the similitude of the life of this world. It is like water which WE send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth is mingled with it, and then it becomes dry grass broken into pieces which the winds scatter, and ALLAH has full power over everything. |