#254 Podcast Al Quran Juz 15 QS 18 Al Kahfi 32-44

[Quran Chapter 18] 32. And cite for them the parable of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens of vine, and We surrounded them with palm-trees, and We placed between them crops. 33. Both gardens produced their harvest in full, and suffered no loss. And We made a river flow through them. 34. And thus he had abundant fruits. He said to his friend, as he conversed with him, "I am wealthier than you, and greater in manpower." 35. And he entered his garden, wronging himself. He said, "I do not think this will ever perish." 36. "And I do not think the Hour is coming. And even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find something better than this in return." 37. His friend said to him, as he conversed with him, "Are you being ungrateful to Him who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then evolved you into a man? 38. But as for me, He is Allah, my Lord, and I never associate with my Lord anyone. 39. When you entered your garden, why did you not say, "As Allah wills; there is no power except through Allah"? Although you see me inferior to you in wealth and children. 40. Perhaps my Lord will give me something better than your garden, and release upon it thunderbolts from the sky, so it becomes barren waste. 41. Or its water will sink into the ground, and you will be unable to draw it." 42. And ruin closed in on his crops, and so he began wringing his hands over what he had invested in it, as it lays fallen upon its trellises. And he was saying, "I wish I never associated anyone with my Lord." 43. He had no faction to help him besides Allah, and he was helpless. 44. That is because authority belongs to Allah, the True. He is Best in rewarding, and Best in requiting.