spoke to his friend, he would humiliate him by saying: 'I have
more wealth than you and more people under me.' (Surat
al-Kahf: 34) Flaunting all the property he owned, he
would go to his garden, and showing it to his friend he
would say:
… I do not think that this will ever end. I do not think
the Hour will ever come. But if I should be sent back to my
Lord, I will definitely get something better in return. (Surat
al-Kahf: 35-36)
His friend warned him:
Why, when you entered your garden, did you not say, 'It is
as Allah wills, there is no strength but in Allah?' Though you
see me with less wealth and children than you possess, it
may well be that my Lord will give me something better than
your garden... (Surat al-Kahf: 39-40)
The owner of the garden did not take these warnings seriously,
and finally Allah punished him. One night He sent a storm to de-
stroy all his crops.
When the owner of the garden got up in the morning and saw
that he had lost his prized crops, he understood that Allah has in-
finite power and that everything is under His control. We must
never forget this story, Rasheed, and must always behave in the
way it tells us to."
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