And relate to them the account of the two men - to one We gave two gardens of grapes, and covered them with date-palms and kept farms between them.
Both the gardens gave yields and gave no shortfall in it - and We made a river to flow between the two.
And he had fruit; he therefore said to his companion - and he used to debate with him - "I exceed you in wealth, and am more powerful in respect of men."
He went into his garden and wronging himself said, "I do not think that this will ever perish."
"I do not think that the Last Day will ever be established - and even if I return to my Lord I will surely find a haven better than this garden."
His companion debating with him answered, "What! You disbelieve in Him Who has created you from dust, then from a drop of liquid, and then created you as a complete man?"
"But I just say that only Allah is my Lord, and I do not ascribe anyone as a partner to my Lord."
"And why was it not that you would have said when you entered your garden, ‘Whatever Allah wills - we do not have any strength except with the help of Allah’ - if you had observed me lesser than you in wealth and children."
"So it is likely that my Lord will give me a garden better than yours, and send bolts of lightning from the skies on your garden - it therefore turns into a barren plain.Or its water may sink into the earth, so you may never be able to find it."
And his fruits were surrounded - he therefore remained helplessly wringing his hands upon all that he had spent on it - and it lay fallen on its canopy - and he says, "If only I had not ascribed any partner to my Lord!"
And he had no group to help him against Allah, nor was he capable of taking revenge.
Here brought to light is that the authority is only for Allah, the True; the reward He bestows is the best, and believing in Him has the best outcome.
[Quran 18:44]
