Rub El Hizb 119

Tell them the parable of two men: for one of them We made two gardens of grape vines, surrounded them with date palms, and put corn fields in between

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both gardens yielded fruit and did not fail in any way; We made a stream flow through them

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and so he had abundant fruit. One day, while talking to his friend, he said, ‘I have more wealth and a larger following than you.’

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He went into his garden and wronged himself by saying, ‘I do not think this will ever perish

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or that the Last Hour will ever come- even if I were to be taken back to my Lord, I would certainly find something even better there.’

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His companion retorted, ‘Have you no faith in Him who created you from dust, from a small drop of fluid, then shaped you into a man

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But, for me, He is God, my Lord, and I will never set up any partner with Him

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If only, when you entered your garden, you had said, “This is God’s will. There is no power not [given] by God.” Although you see I have less wealth and offspring than you

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my Lord may well give me something better than your garden, and send thunderbolts on your garden from the sky, so that it becomes a heap of barren dust

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or its water may sink so deep into the ground that you will never be able to reach it again.’

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And so it was: his fruit was completely destroyed, and there he was, wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it drooped on its trellises, and saying, ‘I wish I had not set up any partner to my Lord.’

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He had no forces to help him other than God- he could not even help himself

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In that situation, the only protection is that of God, the True God: He gives the best rewards and the best outcome

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Tell them, too, what the life of this world is like: We send water down from the skies and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it, but soon the plants turn to dry stubble scattered about by the wind: God has power over everything

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Wealth and children are the attractions of this worldly life, but lasting good works have a better reward with your Lord and give better grounds for hope

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One day We shall make the mountains move, and you will see the earth as an open plain. We shall gather all people together, leaving no one

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They will be lined up before your Lord: ‘Now you have come to Us as We first created you, although you claimed We had not made any such appointment for you.’

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The record of their deeds will be laid open and you will see the guilty, dismayed at what they contain, saying, ‘Woe to us! What a record this is! It does not leave any deed, small or large, unaccounted for!’ They will find everything they ever did laid in front of them: your Lord will not be unjust to anyone

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We said to the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ and they all bowed down, but not Iblis: he was one of the jinn and he disobeyed his Lord’s command. Are you [people] going to take him and his offspring as your masters instead of Me, even though they are your enemies? What a bad bargain for the evildoers

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