۞وَٱضۡرِبۡ لَهُم مَّثَلٗا رَّجُلَيۡنِ جَعَلۡنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيۡنِ مِنۡ أَعۡنَٰبٖ وَحَفَفۡنَٰهُمَا بِنَخۡلٖ وَجَعَلۡنَا بَيۡنَهُمَا زَرۡعٗا
٣٢
And put forward to them the example of two men; unto one of them We had given two gardens of grapes, and We had surrounded both with date-palms; and had put between them green crops
(cultivated fields etc.).
(32)
كِلۡتَا ٱلۡجَنَّتَيۡنِ ءَاتَتۡ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمۡ تَظۡلِم مِّنۡهُ شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَفَجَّرۡنَا خِلَٰلَهُمَا نَهَرٗا
٣٣
Each of those two gardens brought forth its produce, and failed not in the least therein, and We caused a river to gush forth in the midst of them.
(33)
وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٞ فَقَالَ لِصَٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۠ أَكۡثَرُ مِنكَ مَالٗا وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرٗا
٣٤
And he had property
(or fruit) and he said to his companion, in the course of mutual talk: I am more than you in wealth and stronger in respect of men."
[See Tafsir Qurtubi, Vol. 10, Page 403].
(34)
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدٗا
٣٥
And he went into his garden while in a state
(of pride and disbelief) unjust to himself. He said: "I think not that this will ever perish.
(35)
وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةٗ وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَا مُنقَلَبٗا
٣٦
"And I think not the Hour will ever come, and if indeed I am brought back to my Lord,
(on the Day of Resurrection), I surely shall find better than this when I return to Him."
(36)
قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرۡتَ بِٱلَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٖ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطۡفَةٖ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلٗا
٣٧
His companion said to him, during the talk with him: "Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you out of dust
(i.e. your father Adam), then out of Nutfah
(mixed semen drops of male and female discharge), then fashioned you into a man?
(37)
لَّٰكِنَّا۠ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّي وَلَآ أُشۡرِكُ بِرَبِّيٓ أَحَدٗا
٣٨
"But as for my part
(I believe) that He is Allah, my Lord and none shall I associate as partner with my Lord.
(38)
وَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ دَخَلۡتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلۡتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالٗا وَوَلَدٗا
٣٩
It was better for you to say, when you entered your garden: 'That which Allah wills
(will come to pass)! There is no power but with Allah '. If you see me less than you in wealth, and children.
(39)
فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّيٓ أَن يُؤۡتِيَنِ خَيۡرٗا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرۡسِلَ عَلَيۡهَا حُسۡبَانٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصۡبِحَ صَعِيدٗا زَلَقًا
٤٠
"It may be that my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it Husban
(torment, bolt, etc.) from the sky, then it will be a slippery earth.
(40)
أَوۡ يُصۡبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوۡرٗا فَلَن تَسۡتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبٗا
٤١
"Or the water thereof
(of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken
(underground) so that you will never be able to seek it."
(41)
وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصۡبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيۡهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي لَمۡ أُشۡرِكۡ بِرَبِّيٓ أَحَدٗا
٤٢
So his fruits were encircled
(with ruin). And he remained clapping his hands with sorrow over what he had spent upon it, while it was all destroyed on its trellises, he could only say: "Would I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!"
[Tafsir Ibn Kathir] (42)
وَلَمۡ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٞ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا
٤٣
And he had no group of men to help him against Allah, nor could he defend or save himself.
(43)
هُنَالِكَ ٱلۡوَلَٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ هُوَ خَيۡرٞ ثَوَابٗا وَخَيۡرٌ عُقۡبٗا
٤٤
There
(on the Day of Resurrection), Al-Walayah
(the protection, power, authority and kingdom) will be for Allah
(Alone), the True God. He
(Allah) is the Best for reward and the Best for the final end.
(La ilaha ill-Allah none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).
(44)
