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) "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) 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) "But as for my
part (I believe) that He is Allâh, my Lord and none shall I associate as
partner with my Lord. (38) It was better for you to say, when you entered your
garden: 'That which Allâh wills (will come to pass)! There is no power but with
Allâh[] '. If you see me less than you in wealth, and children. (39) "It may be that
my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and will send on it
Husbân (torment, bolt) from the sky, then it will be a slippery earth (40) "Or the water
thereof (of the gardens) becomes deep-sunken (underground) so that you will
never be able to seek it." (41) 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
that I had ascribed no partners to my Lord!" [Tafsir Ibn Kathîr] (42) And he had no group
of men to help him against Allâh, nor could he defend (or save) himself. (43) There (on the Day of
Resurrection), Al-Walâyah (protection, power, authority and kingdom) will be
for Allâh (Alone), the - True God. He (Allâh) is the Best for reward and the
Best for the final end. (Lâ ilâha ill-allâh none has the right to be worshipped
but Allâh). (44) And put forward to them the example of the life of this world,
it is like the water (rain) which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation
of the earth mingles with it, and becomes fresh and green. But (later) it
becomes dry and broken pieces, which the winds scatter. And Allâh is Able to do
everything. (45)